Leib

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of the Yiddish name לייב (leyb) = 'lion', derived from the Old High German Leo, see also LEW

Related Names

Leib Danish Finish Swedish
Lejb Swedish

Combinations

For combinations see LEO and LEW (name elements)

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Leib
Genitive: Leibs
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Leib
Genitive: Leibin
Partitive: Leibiä
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Leib
Genitive: Leibs

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 10 people were named Leib (percentage of first or only given name: 40 %) [2]

Statistics

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Leib.


References

  1. Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1880
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)