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A part of me wants to hate it, but I can’t bring myself to completely hate. I wouldn’t use it, but I think Libby is a good nickname.

Well, I don't despise it, but I wouldn't use it. Libby is adorable.

No doubt it's OK in the US, but it doesn't seem to travel very well. I've never seen a local one, and that's just fine by me.

Libby is alright, but Liberty sounds like a name for a racehorse or something.

Dislike it. Most virtue names tend to sound trashy to me, like the exact opposite of te actual meaning of the name.

Less superior than Justice. Less smug than Grace. Not as overbearing as Prudence. Less potential for irony than using Constance or Temperance.

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I kind of like it. It makes me think of music (bells, hymns, protest songs) more than anything else, and the *berty part makes it seem somewhat vintage.

This message was edited 7/30/2019, 10:30 PM

I love the nickname Libby, but Liberty just seems like too much; too gimmicky, too literal.

Not a fan. My niece has a friend named Liberty. She was adopted from China and I've found her name to be comical. It's as if her parents were saying they "liberated" her from China.

Hate it..

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It's so over the top patriotic sounding. It's super 'American' to me. I've never met/heard of one here. (I'm sure there is some)
But it seems to pop up frequently on American instragram families that i've seen/followed.

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To be honest, I really don't like many virtue names in general.

It is cute, and I like the association. I've known a couple of women/girls named Liberty, who would be in the 20s now. Both used the nickname Libby.

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This past year an acquaintance gave their daughter the middle name Liberty.

I think Liberty is really sweet. It was a name DH and I briefly (for a half second) toyed with with our youngest dd because she was due on July 2nd. We were saying that in case she was born on the Fourth of July that we'd need an appropriate name so we came up with Liberty (nn Libby). The problem was that with the formal names of our other two dds, Liberty would have stuck out like a sore thumb. Elizabeth (nn Libby) would have been a much better fit for us. In a less formal sibset, Liberty would be perfect. I love the meaning and the sound of it. I just wouldn't advise using Belle as the mn, ha!

Love it, love it, love it.

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And conservatives and right-wingers are not the only Americans who value liberty.

I love it.

I know two Liberty's, both are from the UK and are women in their early twenties. Both get called Lib.

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It's pretty.

Never liked it, and the Liberty Mutual commercials I keep seeing where they chant "Liberty, Lib-Erty, Lib-erty" are no help.

It sounds like a name a stereotypical American character would have in a film.