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Dear Kimberly,
My information is that the surname Hibbs is a variation of Ibbs or Ibbotson, and it is a diminutive of the female Christian
name Isabella or Isabel. So it is one of the few names in English which means "son of" a woman's name, rather than a man's
name - like Jackson. The "H" was probably added by English dialect speakers
who tend to add and subtract h's according to whim
It tends to be a West Country surname (chiefly from Devon) in England.
Hope this is helpful,
Jeanette de Montalk.
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