The lieb Surname
lieb Name Meaning and History
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a pleasant or agreeable person, from Middle High German liep ‘dear’, ‘beloved’; Yiddish lib or German lieb. This word was also used as a personal name, both alone (German) and in compounds (German and Jewish).
- German (of Slavic origin): from a short form of the various compound Slavic personal names formed with lubo- ‘love’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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