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LEIB Origin of surname

LEIB, LEYB, LEIBO, LEYBO

Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname based on a male ancestor's given name, in this case of biblical origin.

Leib is a translation of the Hebrew Arie (meaning in Hebrew, "lion"), which is the traditional nickname of Yehuda, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, surnamed Arie or Ari (Genesis 49.38). Leib could also be an equivalent of the Hebrew biblical male personal name Levi. The Levites are descendants of Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. In the 20th century Leiba is documented as a Jewish family name during World War II with Joseph Leiba who was deported from France to the German death camp at Auschwitz in June 1942.

LEIBUŞOR, LEIBUSHOR

Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname based on a male ancestor's given name, in this case of biblical origin.

Leibuşor (pronounced leibushor) is a Romanian diminutive form of the Yiddish given name Leib, which is a translation of the Hebrew Arie (meaning in Hebrew, "lion"), the traditional nickname of Yehuda, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, surnamed Arie or Ari (Genesis 49.38).

Leibushor is documented as a Jewish family name with IDF Corporal Yael Leibushor aged 20 of Moshav Ge’a, an observer in the 414th Regiment, Combat Intelligence Collection Corps, who was killed in the battle for Nachal Oz during the terrorist attack against Israel on October 7, 2023.

Meir Ben Aharon Leib (1780-1850), Hasidic rabbi, born in Peremyshlyany, Ukraine (then in Galicia, Austrian Empire). He succeeded his father as rabbi and leader of the Hasidic community there in 1813. He had to leave after being slandered and became rabbi of Lipcani where he remained for three years and became involved in a dispute with the Hasidim of Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta. He returned to Peremyshlyany and remained there until 1843 when he moved to Nikolayev where he remained the rest of his life. Meir often behaved strangely , which was explained by his followers as an external manifestation but which his opponents attributed to insanity. He was a popular tsaddik and accounts of the miracles he performed appeared in print. He did not write any works but his disciples published his teachings after his death in three books.

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LEIB Origin of surname
LEIB, LEYB, LEIBO, LEYBO

Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname based on a male ancestor's given name, in this case of biblical origin.

Leib is a translation of the Hebrew Arie (meaning in Hebrew, "lion"), which is the traditional nickname of Yehuda, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, surnamed Arie or Ari (Genesis 49.38). Leib could also be an equivalent of the Hebrew biblical male personal name Levi. The Levites are descendants of Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. In the 20th century Leiba is documented as a Jewish family name during World War II with Joseph Leiba who was deported from France to the German death camp at Auschwitz in June 1942.
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LEIBUSOR

LEIBUŞOR, LEIBUSHOR

Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname based on a male ancestor's given name, in this case of biblical origin.

Leibuşor (pronounced leibushor) is a Romanian diminutive form of the Yiddish given name Leib, which is a translation of the Hebrew Arie (meaning in Hebrew, "lion"), the traditional nickname of Yehuda, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, surnamed Arie or Ari (Genesis 49.38).

Leibushor is documented as a Jewish family name with IDF Corporal Yael Leibushor aged 20 of Moshav Ge’a, an observer in the 414th Regiment, Combat Intelligence Collection Corps, who was killed in the battle for Nachal Oz during the terrorist attack against Israel on October 7, 2023.

Meir Ben Aharon Leib

Meir Ben Aharon Leib (1780-1850), Hasidic rabbi, born in Peremyshlyany, Ukraine (then in Galicia, Austrian Empire). He succeeded his father as rabbi and leader of the Hasidic community there in 1813. He had to leave after being slandered and became rabbi of Lipcani where he remained for three years and became involved in a dispute with the Hasidim of Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta. He returned to Peremyshlyany and remained there until 1843 when he moved to Nikolayev where he remained the rest of his life. Meir often behaved strangely , which was explained by his followers as an external manifestation but which his opponents attributed to insanity. He was a popular tsaddik and accounts of the miracles he performed appeared in print. He did not write any works but his disciples published his teachings after his death in three books.