"Loeb" meaning in English

See Loeb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ləʊb/ [Received-Pronunciation], /loʊb/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-Loeb.oga
Rhymes: -əʊb Etymology: Borrowed from German Löb, from a dialectal variant of Löwe (“lion”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|Löb}} Borrowed from German Löb Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Loeb
  1. A surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb. Translations (surname): Löb [feminine, masculine] (German), לייב [feminine, masculine] (Hebrew), לייב (leyb) [feminine, masculine] (Yiddish)
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