Liepiņš (
Old orthography: ''Leepin(g)''; feminine:
Liepiņa Liepiņa is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Anita Liepiņa (born 1967), Latvian athlete
* Lidija Liepiņa (1891–1985), Latvian chemist
* Līga Liepiņa (born 1946), Latvian actress
*Linda Liepiņa
Linda Liepiņa (born 8 ...
) is a
Latvian topographic surname
A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name, , derived from the
Latvian word for "
linden tree
''Tilia'' is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperateness, temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Great Bri ...
" (''liepa'').
"Liepiņš Family History"
Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 20 January 2016. Individuals with the surname include:
*Arvis Liepiņš
Arvis Liepiņš (born 18 March 1990) is a Latvian cross-country skier. He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
...
(born 1990), Latvian cross-country skier
*Emīls Liepiņš
Emīls Liepiņš (born 29 October 1992 in Dobele) is a Latvian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.
Major results
;2012
: 3rd Jurmala Grand Prix
;2014
: 3rd ...
(born 1992), Latvian cyclist
* Jānis Liepiņš (1894–1964), Latvian painter
* (born 1984), Latvian sidecarcross rider
*Ilmārs Liepiņš
Ilmārs Liepiņš (1947–2007) was a Latvian football midfielder who played for 10 years for FK Daugava Rīga.
Ilmārs Liepiņš came from a football family – his father Ēvalds Liepiņš was a striker for "Daugava" back in 1946-1948 and ...
(1947–2007), Latvian football player
*Modris Liepiņš
Modris Liepiņš (born 3 August 1966 in Tukums) is a Latvian race walker
Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear t ...
(born 1966), Latvian race walker
* Zigmārs Liepiņš (born 1952), Latvian composer
See also
* Lepin (disambiguation)
* Liepa
References
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Latvian-language masculine surnames
Surnames of Latvian origin