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Leib is a given name, and (less often) a surname usually of Jewish origin. Leib often stems from לייב (leib), the Yiddish word for Hebrew "heart" לב (lev, leb) and with the diminutives Leibel/Leibl 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.
Leib is a given name, and (less often) a surname usually of Jewish origin. Leib often stems from לייב (leib), the Yiddish word for Hebrew "heart" לב (lev, leb) and with the diminutives Leibel/Leibl 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. ==Surnames derived from the name== "Leib" may itself be a surname. There are a number of patronymic surnames derived from the name and its variants based on East Slavic patronymic suffix -ich/-icz. Labovich, Lebovitz, Leibovich, Leibovici, Leibovitch/Leybovitch, Leibovitz Lebowitz, Leibowitz, Lejbowicz, Libowitz, Liebowitz ==Given name== Aryeh Leib, multiple persons Leyb ben Oyzer (died 1727), shamash ha-kehilla (beadle or sexton of the congregation), trustee, and secretary or notary, of the Jewish community in Amsterdam Isaac Leib Goldberg (1860–1935), Lithuanian-Israeli Zionist leader and philanthropist Leib Gurwicz (1906–1982), Lithuanian-British rabbi Leib Kvitko (1890–1952), Soviet poet Leib Langfus (died 1944), Polish rabbi and Auschwitz victim Yehuda Leib Maimon (1875–1962), Israeli rabbi Leib Milstein (Lewis Milestone, 1895–1980), Moldovan-American film director Yehudah Leib Pinsker (Leon Pinsker, 1821–1891), Polish political activist and physician Leib Sarah's (Aryeh Leib the son of Sarah, 1730–1796), rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman (1913–2017), Israeli rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum (born 19511), American rabbi Leib Tropper (born 1950), American rabbi Leib Weissberg (1893–1942), Croatian rabbi Leib Yaffe (died 1948), Israeli poet and journalist ==Surname== Ethan Leib (born 1975), American law professor Gary Leib (1955–2021), American cartoonist and animator Günther Leib (1927–2024), German baritone and voice professor Michael Leib (1760–1822), American politician Georg Leib (1846–1910), Royal Councillor of Commerce and German philanthropist ==See also==
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