The leib Surname
leib Name Meaning and History
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Leyb, meaning ‘lion’, traditional Yiddish translation equivalent of the Hebrew name Yehuda (Judah), with reference to the Old Testament description of Judah as ‘a lion’s whelp’ (Genesis 49: 9).
- French (Alsace): from a Germanic personal name Leibo (from an earlier form Laibo), the element laib- being related to Gothic laiba ‘remnant’, Old High German leipa ‘relic’, ‘memento (of a family)’.
- Altered spelling of German Lieb.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| John LEIB |
 edna2118
| 4 |
| Abraham Leib d October 17, 1865 Mennonite Obituary | Jeanette Wells Schmalzbauer | 4 |
| Jenny Col. Daniel Leib of Germany | Wanda Paullin | 10 |
| Any Philadelphia Leibs out there? | Dave Harrison | 4 |
| Phonetic Pronunciation | David Liby | 36 |
| Katherina Leib |
janicemcbain
| 2 |
| any PA leib decendants out there? |
loisleib1947
| 4 |
| Tennessee Leibs |
loisleib1947
| 0 |
| Abraham Leib d. 1814 in Lancaster Co, PA |
pampearson1
| 0 |
| Theodore Leib |
RMartin6327
| 8 |
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