Leif
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Old Norse Leifr (“relic", "inheritor”).
Proper noun edit
Leif
- a male given name from the Germanic languages
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Leifr (“relic", "inheritor”). Revived in the 19th century.
Proper noun edit
Leif
- a male given name
References edit
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 28 018 males with the given name Leif have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Luxembourgish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German līf, from Old High German *līf, northern variant of līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą. Cognate with German Leib, Dutch lijf, West Frisian liif, English life, Icelandic líf. The form Leif has the vowel of the older dative and plural, while the variant Läif continues the nominative and accusative singular.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Leif m (plural Leiwer)
Related terms edit
Norwegian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Leifr. Used in Norway since the Middle Ages.
Proper noun edit
Leif
- a male given name
Related terms edit
References edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Norwegian Leif, from Old Norse Leifr. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1852.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Leif c (genitive Leifs)
- a male given name
References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 68 292 males with the given name Leif living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.