Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage German, Jewish Meaning & History Nickname for a pleasant or agreeable person, from Middle High German liep "dear, beloved"; Yiddish lib or German lieb. This word was also used as a personal name, both alone (German) and in compounds (German and Jewish).
Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage German Meaning & History From a short form of the various compound Slavic personal names formed with lubo- "love" as the first element.