Leib

A boys’ name of Yiddish origin, meaning lion; from Yiddish Leyb.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Leib by the numbers

Leib was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Leib. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Leifheir, descendant217 in the US (2017)
  • Leibydear, beloved; a form of Lieb3 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean a lion

Like Leib, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
  • Leolion3,278 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leonardobrave lion; from Germanic elements4,113 in the US (2017)
  • Ariellion of god2,655 in the US (2017)
  • Leonlion526 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arilion; my lion1,122 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Leib

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