Bibi
Encyclopedia
First name
- Bibi AnderssonBibi AnderssonBibi Andersson is a Swedish actress.-Early life:Bibi Andersson was born as Berit Elisabeth Andersson in Kungsholmen, Stockholm, the daughter of Karin , a social worker, and Josef Andersson, a businessman...
Swedish actress - Bibi BeschBibi BeschBibiana "Bibi" Besch was an Austrian/American actress.-Early life:Besch was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of theater actress Gusti Huber, who starred in German films during World War II and left Austria in the mid 1940s. Besch had a stepfather, Joseph Besch, a radio executive and former...
, Austrian-American actress (Dr. Carol Marcus from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) - Bibi BlocksbergBibi BlocksbergBibi Blocksberg is a German audio theatre series for children, created in 1980 by Elfie Donnelly. The main character is a girl called Bibi Blocksberg, who is a witch. As of winter 2008, there have been 92 episodes. The original title of the series was Eene meene Hexerei. This title was used for the...
, German children's series - Bibi AishaBibi AishaBibi Aisha is an Afghan woman whose mutilated face appeared on the cover of Time magazine in summer 2010. Her story first appeared in the Daily Beast in December of 2009, which prompted doctors to write in offering to help her. The Grossman Burn Foundation in California pledged to perform...
, Afghan victim of facial mutilation - Bibi, one of the main characters of TV series Bibi et GenevièveBibi et GenevièveBibi et Geneviève was a Quebec French language children's show made in Québec in the early 1990s. It chronicled the adventures of the green-haired extraterrestrial Bibi ZZ99944X and his friend Geneviève...
Last name
Bibi is also a family name, originating from a town at the Syrian Turkish border called Al-Bab. Members of this family have immigrated to different parts of the Middle East including Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. The original name of the family was al-Babi which was later changed to Bibi.Title
Bibi literally means MissMiss
Miss is an English language honorific traditionally used only for an unmarried woman . Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of mistress, which was used for all women. A period is not used to signify the contraction...
in Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
and is frequently used as a respectful title for women in South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
when added to the first name.
- Asia BibiAsia BibiAsia Noreen is a Pakistani Christian woman who was convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court, receiving a sentence of death by hanging. The verdict, which would need to be upheld by a superior court, has received worldwide attention...
- Chand BibiChand BibiChand Bibi , also known as Chand Khatun or Chand Sultana, was an Indian Muslim woman warrior. She acted as the Regent of Bijapur and Regent of Ahmednagar...
- Jodhi Bibi
- Mukhtaran BibiMukhtaran BibiMukhtaran Bibi is a Pakistani woman from the village of Meerwala, in the rural tehsil of Jatoi of the Muzaffargarh District of Pakistan...
- Taramon BibiTaramon BibiTaramon Bibi is one of the two decorated female freedom fighters in Bangladesh, and the only one of them to have engaged in direct combat...
Nickname
In Arabic, bibi is often used as a short form of habibi (حبيبي), a term of endearment similar to the English "darling", "sweetheart" or "my love".- Benazir BhuttoBenazir BhuttoBenazir Bhutto was a democratic socialist who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996....
, was often referred to as Bibi which is both a respectful form of address and her name's initials - Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin NetanyahuBenjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the current Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as the Chairman of the Likud Party, as a Knesset member, as the Health Minister of Israel, as the Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel and as the Economic Strategy Minister of Israel.Netanyahu is the first and, to...
, current Prime Minister of Israel
Other
- Bibi is the name of a lioness and member of the Marsh Pride of lions featured for many years on the BBC series Big Cat Diary
- Bibi MagazineBibi MagazineBibi Magazine is the first bridal and fashion magazine for South Asian American women to ever be published exclusively within the United States.Launched in June 2000, this publication reaches a US-wide audience with a circulation of 20,000 people...
, bridal and fashion magazine for South Asian American women published in the United States