Tibbs (surname) explained

Tibbs is an English-language patronymic surname from a short form the medieval given names Tebald or Tibalt.^[1] Notable people with the name include:

• Andrew Tibbs (1929–1991), American blues singer and songwriter
• Casey Duane Tibbs (1929–1990), American cowboy actor
• Casey Tibbs (athlete), American Paralympian athlete
• Delbert Tibbs (1939–2013), American man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and rape in 1974
• Gary Tibbs (born 1958), British bass guitarist and actor
• Henry Tibbs (1877–1943), Irish-British Anglican priest
• James Tibbs III (born 2002), American baseball player
• Jay Tibbs (born 1962), American baseball pitcher
• William Henry Tibbs (1816–1906), American attorney

Fictional characters

• Miss Tibbs, a character from the sitcom Fawlty Towers
• Virgil Tibbs, from the novel In the Heat of the Night

See also

• • Tibbets
• Tibbetts

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks . Patrick . Patrick Hanks . Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set . . Oxford, UK . 2003 . 978-0-19-508137-4 . 51655476 . 3 . 475 . 16 January 2021.