Bibi

See also: bibi, bìbì, bǐbǐ, бибі, بی‌بی, بی بی, ބިބީ, बीबी, and বিবি

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi बीबी (bībī) / Urdu بی بی (bī bī, “woman, lady (by Muslims)”), from Classical Persian بی‌بی (bī-bī).

Proper noun

Bibi (plural Bibis)

1. A surname from Hindi

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bibi is the 14781^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2009 individuals. Bibi is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (82.53%) and White (11.85%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bibi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 155.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Bibi

1. Nickname for Benjamin Netanyahu
   • 2023 June 6, Thomas L. Friedman, “From Tel Aviv to Riyadh”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     This time, though, I think Bibi drove one wedge too many into the heart of Israel’s body politic.

References

• Naomi Segal (1996 June 18) “Just Don't Call Him 'Bibi'”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency‎^[2], volume 74, number 114, New York, page 2
• Michael Koplow (2012 October 13) “To 'Bibi' or Not to 'Bibi'”, in The Atlantic‎^[3], archived from the original on 2012-10-17

Swedish

Proper noun

Bibi c (genitive Bibis)

1. a diminutive of the female given name Birgitta