Re: TIBBETT Surname & History

By genealogy.com user February 09, 2002 at 02:48:16

I've looked in a surname dictionary to find the origin of Tibbett, and as you probably know there are many spelling variations. This is what it said - some early examples -John Tybote1327, Stephen Tybet 1332, James Tibbett 1674.
May be diminutive of Tibb, from Tibaud (variant of Theobald).
Tibbe, Tybbe 1286, 1290. In the 13th century Tibbe was used as a pet name for both men and women from Isobel or Tibald (Theobald).

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