Comments on: Name of the Day: Liberty

By: Juliet

Juliet — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:13:56 +0000

It’s not really my style of virtue name. I much prefer Honour. I actually really like Honour & my like of it was before Jessica Alba used it. Liberty is a bit too American sounding for me I don’t mean that in a bad way.It’s just not me

By: Sebastiane

Sebastiane — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:41:05 +0000

Wow, that’s odd seeing Liberty on a male as Liberty’s personification has always been a woman. There is the Latin Liber which is the masculine version. But I must admit, Bert is quite a creative nickname. I would have never thought of getting Bert from Liberty though it makes perfect sense. Now I’m thinking that Bertie or Birdie as a nickname for Liberty on a girl might also work

By: Lola

Lola — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:28:56 +0000

I go away for the Holiday weekend and miss everything! I have a 1976, 1st of July cousin named Liberty who doesn’t fit the Liberty mold: He’s not thrilled with his name. He goes by Bert. His mother says he’d ‘ve been Liberty if he was a girl, too. As for my thoughts on Liberty, while I think the sentiment is worthy, it’s not something I wouuld use, ever. Maybe for a cat. But then, I find most virtue names cheesy by default, they’re so bloody obvious. Libby is canned peaches and other friuts, to me, hence, not a workable nickname, even for Elisabeth (in my family by the dozens) But Amy Erica, I’m telling Bert about her! Maybe he won’t feel quite so put out by his name after knowing hers!

By: !!!DirtyHippy!!!

!!!DirtyHippy!!! — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:33:39 +0000

Oy! Amy Erica! That’s got to win some sort of cheesy award. I’m off to compose an email to my friend Libby and let her know that, perhaps, she did not meet the absolute worst patriotic name fate.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:30:52 +0000

If I had even a little bit of Celtic blood, I’d be all about Saoirse. It’s a great name, and as you say, Unknown, a subtle way to get the meaning.

Funny, DH, I know a 1976, born-on-the-7th-of-July woman named Amy Erica. (Drop the “y” and you get “America” – clever, right?) She hates her patriotic moniker, too. Wonder if her parents toyed with the idea of using Liberty? I’ll have to ask.

As for Constance … there’s always Tancy. But that doesn’t wear well on a grown woman, does it? And I know what you mean about Connie. It’s just not something I could imagine calling a child.

By: Katharine

Katharine — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:14:38 +0000

I’ve always had a sneaking affection for Liberty – I think it’s the cool, crisp sound. A friend of mine is potty about it and adores the nickname Libby but has told me in no uncertain tersm that despite this, she would never use it. Why? well, because apparently people might think she was copying a footballer and other random celebrities who bear this moniker and that would be ‘terribly downmarket’! Joking aside though, I know what my friend is getting at and it’s the same thing that has been said above, somehow Liberty suffers the unfortunate fate of feeling like a name that is ‘trying way to hard to be cool’…

One more thing, DirtyHippy mentioned Constance above which pleases me because I adore this underused name but the snag for me is the inevitable nickname Con/Connie, any ideas how this could be avoided?

By: !!!DirtyHippy!!!

!!!DirtyHippy!!! — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:28:02 +0000

One of my dear friends is a 1976 Liberty nn Libby! I’ve always found her name charming, but she loathes it. I think I was an intimate friends of hers for over a year before she finally admitted that her given name was Liberty not just Libby.

I like the idea of Liberty, but (from my experience with my friend) I don’t think it works well in real life. Just not versatile enough . . . it’s certainly not wacky but I think a tamer virtue name like Hope or Constance would serve a woman better throughout her life.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:22:30 +0000

I don’t really like Liberty. I don’t know but it somehow makes me feel like the parents were trying too hard to find a cool name for their daughter. Well, the meaning is nice, but there are other names that can relate to freedom, or liberty. I have afriend who actually named her daughter Saoirse, which means “freedom”. That’s a much prettier way to express “liberty” without actually using the word.