Leib

Leib

Leib

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Leib is a given name, and (less often) a surname usually of Jewish origin.[1] Leib often stems from לייב (leib), the Yiddish word for Hebrew "heart" לב (lev, leb) and with the diminutives Leibel and Leibele, or from the Yiddish word for "lion". The Standard German word for lion is Löwe; other – partly dialectal – German forms of the word are Löw, Loew, Löb, Leb and Leib. In Standard German, Leib means "body", but that is in general not the source for the Yiddish name.

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    Leib, Baby Names Pedia
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