Leib is a given name and (less often) a surname that are usually of Jewish origin.Leib
Baby Names Pedia Leib often stems from ''לייב'' (leib), the Yiddish word for lion. The

Standard German Standard High German (SHG), less precisely Standard German or High German (not to be confused with High German dialects, more precisely Upper German dialects) (german: Standardhochdeutsch, , or, in Switzerland, ), is the standardized variety ...

word for lion is ''Löwe'', other - partly dialectal - German forms of the word are ''Löw'', ''Loew'', ''Löb'', ''Leb'' and ''Leib''. In Standard German, ''Leib'' means "body", but that is in general not the source for the Yiddish name. Leib may also be connected to the Hebrew word ''לב'' (lev or leb), meaning "heart".

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Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter ( he, יהודה אריה ליב אלתר, 15 April 1847 – 11 January 1905), also known by the title of his main work, the ''Sfas Emes'' (Ashkenazic Pronunciation) or ''Sefat Emet'' (Modern Hebrew), was a Hasidic rabbi ...

(1847–1905), Polish rabbi * Aryeh Leib ben Asher Gunzberg (c. 1695–1785), Lithuanian rabbi and author * Aryeh Leib Dulchin (''Arieh Dulzin'', 1913–1989) Soviet and Israeli Zionist activist and politician * Aryeh Leib Epstein (1708–1775), Polish rabbi * Yaakov Yehuda Aryeh Leib Frenkel (died 1940), Hungarian rabbi * Aryeh Leib Frumkin (1845–1916), Lithuanian rabbi *

Isaac Leib Goldberg Isaac Leib Goldberg ( he, יצחק לייב גולדברג, 7 February 1860 – 14 September 1935) was a Zionist leader and philanthropist in both Ottoman Palestine and the Russian Empire, and one of the principal founders of Rishon LeZion, the ...

(1860–1935), Lithuanian-Israeli Zionist leader and philanthropist *

Leib Gurwicz Aryeh Ze'ev (Leib) Gurwicz (1906–20 October 1982) was an influential Orthodox rabbi and Talmudic scholar. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Elyah Lopian and best known as Rosh Yeshiva of the Gateshead Yeshiva in Gateshead, England, where he ta ...

(1906–1982), Lithuanian-British rabbi * Aryeh Leib HaCohen Heller (1745–1812), Polish rabbi * Leib Kvitko (1890–1952), Soviet poet *

Leib Langfus Leib Langfus, or also Leyb Langfus, was one of the victims of Auschwitz-Birkenau. A rabbi and Dayan (rabbinical judge) in Maków Mazowiecki he was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, where he was forced to work as a Sonderkommando. After th ...

(died 1944), Polish rabbi and Auschwitz victim *

Yehuda Leib Maimon Yehuda Leib Maimon ( he, יהודה לייב מימון, 11 December 1875 – 10 July 1962, also known as Yehuda Leib HaCohen Maimon) was an Israeli rabbi, politician and leader of the Religious Zionist movement. He was Israel's first Minist ...

(1875–1962), Israeli rabbi *

Aryeh Leib Malin Aryeh Leib Malin (1906–1962) was a Polish-born American Haredi Jewish rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and Mussarist who taught the Torah and spread rabbinical education in Europe, China, Japan, and the United States. Early life and education ...

(1906–1962), Polish-American rabbi * Leib Milstein (''Lewis Milestone'', 1895–1980), Moldovan-American film director * Aryeh Leib ben Moses Zuenz (c. 1768–1833), Polish rabbi *

Leib Ostrow Leib Ostrow is an American music producer and the founder and president of Music for Little People record label. Early years Leib was born in Detroit in 1951 and developed a keen love of music at an early age. During his childhood, his mother act ...

(born 1951), American music producer * Yehudah Leib Pinsker (''Leon Pinsker'', 1821–1891), Polish political activist and physician *

Leib Sarah's Leib Sarah's (''Aryeh Leib the son of Sarah'') (1730–1791) was a Chassidic Rebbe and a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov Israel ben Eliezer (1698 – 22 May 1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov ( he, בעל שם טוב, ) or as the Besht, was a Jewi ...

(''Aryeh Leib the son of Sarah'', 1730–1796), rabbi * Aryeh Leib ben Saul (c. 1690–1755), Polish rabbi *

Aryeh Leib Schochet Rabbi Aryeh Leib Schochet ( he, אריה לייב שוחט) was a Ukrainian rabbi who emigrated to the United States in 1906. He published a book on Hasidic philosophy titled '' Lekutim Yekarim''. Biography Aryeh Leib was born in Balta, now ...

(1845–1928), Russian-American rabbi *

Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman ( he, אהרן יהודה לייב שטינמן), also Shtainman or Steinman (November 3, 1914 – December 12, 2017), was a Haredi rabbi in Bnei Brak, Israel. Following the death of Yosef Shalom Elyashiv in 2012 ...

(1913–2017), Israeli rabbi *

Zalman Leib Teitelbaum Yekusiel Yehuda III Teitelbaum, known by the Yiddish colloquial name Rav Zalman Leib (born 23 December 1951),Arye Ehrlich. Malkhut shel Khesed'. Mishpacha, 13 December 2012 (p. 28). is one of two Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the son of Grand ...

(born 1951), American rabbi *

Leib Tropper Rabbi Leib Tropper (born 1950 in New York City) is the founder of the Kol Yaakov Torah Center, which was located in Monsey, New York. Career Tropper worked for Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem, and later become the educational director of Ohr Sameach, N ...

(born 1950), American rabbi *

Leib Weissberg Leib Weissberg (January 9, 1893 – 1942) was a Slavonski Brod rabbi who was killed during the Holocaust. Weissberg was born in Probużna (then part of Austria-Hungary) to Jewish parents Seide and Ehaja (née Ringel) Weissberg. He was married t ...

(1893–1942), Croatian rabbi *

Leib Yaffe Aryeh Leib Yaffe (born 1876) ( he, אריה לייב יפה ) was a Hebrew poet, journalist and editor of Haaretz newspaper. Leib Yaffe was born in Grodno, Belarus. He spent his university years in Germany. A life-long champion of the Zionist ...

(died 1948), Israeli poet and journalist *

Aryeh Leib Yellin Aryeh Leib Yellin (1820 in Jasionówka, Mońki County – April 2, 1886) (or Jelin n Polish Hebrew: אריה ליב יעלין) was rabbi of Bielsk Podlaski, Poland. He was one of the most prominent Polish rabbis, to whom halakic matters wer ...

(1820–1886), Polish rabbi

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Ethan Leib Ethan J. Leib (September 15, 1975) is a law professor at Fordham Law School. He is the author of several books, including ''Deliberative Democracy in America: A Proposal for a Popular Branch of Government''. Leib was raised in Riverdale, Bronx. He ...

(b 1975) - American law professor *

Gary Leib Gary David Leib (October 29, 1955 – March 19, 2021) was an American underground cartoonist, animator, and musician. Best known for the comic book ''Idiotland'' (a two-man anthology produced with Leib's long-time collaborator, Doug Allen), Leib ...

(1955–2021) - American cartoonist and animator *

Karl Leib Karl Leib was a German SS officer. Leib was son-in-law of the head if the SS-Hauptamt Gottlob Berger, and served as a SS officer in that office during World War II. In 1940 he was appointed as head of the SS office ''Ergänzungstelle Norwest'' i ...

- German SS officer *

Michael Leib Michael Leib (January 8, 1760December 22, 1822) was an American physician and politician from Philadelphia. He served as a surgeon in the Philadelphia Militia during the American Revolutionary War. He served as a Democratic-Republican member o ...

(1760–1822) - American politician

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