Leib

Leib
Gender:	Male
Origin:
Meaning:	Yiddish meaning: "Lion".

Leib is a given name and (less often) a surname, usually of Jewish origin.

Given name

• Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (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 (1860–1935), Lithuanian-Israeli Zionist leader and philanthropist
• Leib Gurwicz (1906–1982), Lithuanian-British rabbi
• Aryeh Leib HaCohen Heller (1745–1812), Polish rabbi
• Leib Kvitko (1890–1952), Soviet poet
• Leib Langfus (died 1944), Polish rabbi and Auschwitz victim
• Yehuda Leib Maimon (1875–1962), Israeli rabbi
• Aryeh Leib Malin (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 (born 1951), American music producer
• Yehudah Leib Pinsker (Leon Pinsker, 1821–1891), Polish political activist and physician
• Leib Sarah's (Aryeh Leib the son of Sarah, 1730–1796), rabbi
• Aryeh Leib ben Saul (c. 1690–1755), Polish rabbi
• Aryeh Leib Schochet (1845–1928), Russian-American rabbi
• Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman (1913–2017), Israeli rabbi
• Zalman Leib Teitelbaum (born 1951), American rabbi
• Leib Tropper (born 1950), American rabbi
• Leib Weissberg (1893–1942), Croatian rabbi
• Leib Yaffe (died 1948), Israeli poet and journalist
• Aryeh Leib Yellin (1820–1886), Polish rabbi

Surname

• Ethan Leib
• Gary Leib
• Karl Leib
• Michael Leib
• Michael Leib Real Estate owner

See also

• Loeb (surname)
• Leibowitz