Kibe Family History
Kibe Name Meaning
Japanese (pronounced as two syllables): written 木部 ‘tree’ and ‘department’. It is a habitational name from the village of Kibe in Ōmi (now Shiga prefecture); a family descended from the Fujiwara directed the Buddhist temple there and took the name as their own. Indian (Maharashtra Goa; pronounced as two syllables): Brahmin name of unexplained etymology found among Saraswat Brahmins.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022