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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : nickname for an amorous or affectionate man, from an agent noun based on Middle High German liep ‘dear’, ‘beloved’.
  • German : habitational name for someone from Liebel in Silesia or Liblar near Cologne.

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