Lief - name meaning and origin

The boy's name Lief \lief\ is a variant of Leif (Scandinavian), and the meaning of Lief is "heir; loved".

The baby name Lief sounds like Lev, Lew and Loew. Other similar baby names are Lee, Biff, Le-, Leo, Lea, Le, Lem, Len, Lion, Les, Liam, Linn, Lin, Lino, Lleu and Loeb.

Lief is a very rare male first name and is not used as a surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Lief. Compare Lief with related baby names.