Where does “Tibbs” come from?

Tibbs is an English surname of uncertain origin, possibly derived from Old Spanish Isabel, though the semantic connection remains unknown.

Ancestry of “Tibbs”, step by step

Tibbs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Isabel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishIsabelA place name
2SpanishIsabelElizabeth biblical character
3PortugueseIsabel
4Old OccitanElisabel
5LatinElisabethElisabeth
6Ancient GreekἘλισάβετElizabeth mother of John the Baptist
7Hebrewאלישבעmy God is an oath; the Lord is her oath
8Hebrewאֵלa God; God, deity; god, God
9Hebrewשמואל
10Hebrewשְׁמוּאֵל

via English Theobald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTheobald
2Proto-Germanic*Þeudubalþ
3Proto-Germanic*balþ
4Proto-Germanicbalþazstrong, bold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-
Every word from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל