Liberty
See also: liberty
English
Etymology
From liberty. As an American surname, often a translation of French Canadian LaLiberté. Doublet of Liberdade. As an American surname, a surname taken up by freed slaves.
Proper noun
Liberty (countable and uncountable, plural Libertys)
- A surname.
- A surname from French.
- A freed slave surname originating as an occupation.
- A unisex given name
- A female given name from English.
- 1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, →ISBN, page 171:
- Then last came Liberty. What a name, Mason always thought. It was an invention of her mother's―a flighty woman who had run away from Porter with a hippie stereo salesman eight and a half years ago and discovered immediately afterward that she was two months pregnant.
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- A male given name from English.
- A female given name from English.
- A placename:
- A town, the county seat of Union County, Indiana, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Casey County, Kentucky, United States.
- A town, the county seat of Amite County, Mississippi, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Clay County, Missouri, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Liberty County, Texas, United States
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Liberty Township.
Derived terms
- West Liberty
Related terms
- Liberty County
Anagrams
- Birtley, Tribley