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First name origin & meaning:

Old Norse: Beloved

First name variations: Leaf, Lief

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Scandinavian: from the Old Norse personal name Leifr.
  2. Variant spelling of English Leaf or variant Americanization of Swedish Lö(ö)f, Löv (see Leaf 3).

This name appears in the following lists: Child Stars, Pioneers/Explorers