The Hibbs surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,585 people carried this name — #6,134 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,499 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hibbs surname

A surname originating as a matronymic or as a patronymic.

From a Middle English diminutive of the given names Isabel and Hilbert.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hibbs» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Isabella’ — the first of the origins he gives.

An early record he cites: John Hibson, Yorkshire, 1442 — Surtees Society Publications.

His entry covers Hibbs and Hibson.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 381 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Hibbs was counted together with Hibs: 21 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 104 people lived in those households, 5 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Hibs, Hibbs. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 19
North Carolina 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 245 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hibbs in American newspapers,
1904–1916.

Newspaper page from The Kemmerer Republican carrying the name Hibbs
The Kemmerer Republican 1916-06-09
Newspaper page from The Commercial carrying the name Hibbs
The Commercial 1904-05-20
Newspaper page from The Kemmerer Republican carrying the name Hibbs
The Kemmerer Republican 1915-11-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 82,197 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hibbs in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

1,863 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hibbs. The most, 342, date from the 1930s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 717
New South Wales 470
Queensland 320
Tasmania 236
South Australia 69
Western Australia 30
ACT (Canberra) 13
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hibbs.

Who carried it

People named Hibbs,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louis E. Hibbs
    Louis E. Hibbs 1893–1970 · military personnel
  • Jesse Hibbs
    Jesse Hibbs 1906–1985 · screenwriter
  • Harry Hibbs
    Harry Hibbs 1906–1984 · association football coach
  • Harry Hibbs
    Harry Hibbs 1906–1984 · association football coach
  • Al Hibbs
    Al Hibbs 1924–2003 · physicist
  • Richard Hibbs 1812–1886 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hibbs,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States393 records

393 records of the Hibbs name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 221
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 93
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 40
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ollie H. Hibbs

    Born 1897 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Tulsa; painter from Muskegee County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1968, buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Oklahoma.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Rollo D. Hibbs

    Born 1931; from Corydon, Indiana. U.S. Air Force; declared dead 1950 in Korea. Buried at New Albany National Cemetery, Indiana.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anna Hibbs

    Arrived at New York in 1864 aboard the Sidon from Liverpool, aged 29; weaver. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 393 records for Hibbs in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia181 records

181 records of the Hibbs name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 82
  • Tasmanian Names Index 57
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 30
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 5
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Ann Hibbs

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Hydery, sailing from Plymouth in 1832. Native of Southampton, Hampshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1836.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Hibbs

    Died 1893 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 58. Will registered in Tasmania in 1893.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Violet Hibbs

    Arrived in Victoria in 1901 aboard the Afric, aged 1.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 181 records for Hibbs in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada31 records

31 records of the Hibbs name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 14
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 6
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record James Hibbs

    Killed in 1922 at the Dominion No. 2 mine, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Herbert George Hibbs

    Buried in 1978 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 97.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John Leslie Hibbs

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 31 records for Hibbs in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Hibbs name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 2
  • Stirling Council burial records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Louisa Hibbs

    Buried in 1816 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 26.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Hibbs

    Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elizabeth Hibbs

    Buried in 1849 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 27.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Hibbs in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Hibbs name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Richard Hibbs

    In a population register; born 1811 in Romsey.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Frank Hibbs

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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