Libor

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Libor is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Croatian given name398 records spelled Libor7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United Kingdom

  Also written Либор

• Portuguese given name377 records spelled Libor2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Brazil, Philippines

  Also written Líbor

• Hungarian surname274 records spelled Libor2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary

  Also written Líbor

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Libor is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Czech: from the Latin name Liberius , a derivative of liber free. St Liberius was a 2nd-century bishop of Ravenna. Pet forms: Liborek, Libek .

  as a word

• In Russian, var of Liutobor.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In English, Acronym of London Interbank Offered Rate (loan interest rate).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, first-person singular present passive indicative of lībō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Londonas starpbanku piedāvājumu likme - viens no autoritatīvākajiem biržas indeksiem valūtu tirgū (angļu "London Interbank Offered Rate")

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Libor Pešekb. 1933CZCzech conductor (1933–2022)
• Libor Pimekb. 1963BECzech and Belgian tennis player
• Libor Dolanab. 1964CZCzech ice hockey player
• Libor Michálekb. 1968CZCzech politician
• Libor Capalinib. 1973CZCzech pentathlete
• Libor Procházkab. 1974CZCzech ice hockey player
• Libor Sionkob. 1977CZCzech footballer
• Libor Kozákb. 1989CZCzech soccer player and soccer representant
• Libor Hudáčekb. 1990SKSlovak ice hockey player
• Libor Hájekb. 1998CZCzech ice hockey player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 64 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Libor?

We estimate roughly 61 thousand people bear Libor (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Libor have the most bearers?

We estimate about 61 thousand people bear Libor in the Czechia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled libor.

Where is Libor most common?

Libor is densest in the Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 176 people carrying it.

How common is Libor compared with other names?

In the Czechia, Libor is the 82nd most common given name of 28,899 given names recorded there.

Is Libor a male or female name?

Libor is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.