Any information on the last name Tibbs?

Question

I'm trying to find some information on what the name means and where it comes from.

Answer 1

Hey HurricaneBrian,

Origin: English

Spelling variations of this family name include: Theobald, Theobalds, Diebold, Theobold, Tubald, Tudball, Dipple, Diebald, Teupel, Diepelt, Dewalt and many more.

First found in the Domesday Book of 1086; several bearers of Tibbs as a personal name were recorded as landowners after the Norman Conquest, particularly in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, and Suffolk.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jon Dipple, who settled in Virginia in 1636; John Henry Dewalt, who was living in Pennsylvania in 1772; Henry Dipple, who was naturalized in Mississippi in 1822.
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To back the above statement up is the LDS Family Search site, which confirms England, and has 259 entries for TIBBS ancestors.

You also have over 700 messages at the TIBBS GENFORUM, site show below, where you can talk to distant cousins.

Answer 2

One common mistake here is thinking that ALL last names have some meaning. That isn't always true.
Are you hoping to know more about your own background? Tibbs is a common name, and your ancestors could have come from anywhere, not necessarily the same place as where the name "originates". Surnames generally became common in the 1300's or so.
On the other hand, if you ask where did John Tibbs die, in about 1900 probably in Texas, then someone could look it up, or explain what death records there would be for THAT time and place. You could also chat with other people already doing research on the family/ name, and find relatives.
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