Because the Liberty is a female name and therefore the statue had to be built looking as a lady.
=== === It's also known as The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, Lady Liberty, and the Mother of Exiles to incoming immigrants. P.S.- To the previous answerer to this question's question (who thinks they can beat that?) ; the answer is, I JUST DID. (:
The statue is also know as "lady liberty" but no other name as such.
Lady Liberty
lady liberty is one name and liberty for enlightenment
the man who built the statue of liberty's name was Frederic Aguste Barholdi thank you
Lady Liberty but officially it is known as 'Liberty Enlightening the World'.
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Statue of Liberty, originally named "Liberty Enlightening the World". blue ho, lady liberty
The formal name of the statue is "Liberty Enlightening the World" but everyone just calls it The Statue Of Liberty".
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Accually, "The Statue of Liberty" is the nickname! The original name was "Liberty Enlightening the World". But there are other names, too, like "Lady Liberty", for example.