Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

Short form of Old Norse given names that contain Old Norse leifr (inheritor).

Proper noun edit

Leifr m

  1. a male given name

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: Leifur
  • Faroese: Leivur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Leiv
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Leiv
  • Swedish: Lev
  • Danish: Lev
  • Norwegian: Leif
  • Danish: Leif
  • Swedish: Leif