Lief

A boys’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning heir or descendant.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lief by the numbers

Lief was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Lievheart; lion; a form of Lev or Leo41 in the US (2017)
  • Liemserious; earnest34 in the US (2017)
  • Lienlotus flower5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lief

Names that are said the same way as Lief, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Liav5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a prince or princess

Like Lief, each of these has a prince or princess in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Amirprince or commander2,620 in the US (2017)
  • Parisson of priam; the trojan prince1,149 in the US (2017)
  • Princetonprince's town; place name781 in the US (2017)
  • Brendanprince; descendant of Brendan555 in the US (2017)
  • Ameercommander, prince279 in the US (2017)
  • Leifheir, descendant217 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lief

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