Lief - Meaning of Lief

What does Lief mean?

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Lief

[ 1 syll. lief, li-ef ] The baby boy name Lief is pronounced as LIYF †. Lief is mainly used in the English and Scandinavian languages. Its language of origin is Old Norse. Lief is a variant form of the English and Scandinavian name Leif.

See also the related category scandinavian.

Lief is unusual as a baby boy name. It is not ranked within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Lief include Laef, Leaf (English), Leef, Lif (Scandinavian), Labe, Lafay, Laif, Laiv, Laive, Lap (Vietnamese), Laphee, Lapp, Lav, Lave, Layf, Leb, Leib (English and Yiddish), Leif (English and Scandinavian), Leife, and Leiff.

† Pronunciation for Lief: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)"