Leif
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Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Old Norse Leifr (“relic", "inheritor”).
Proper noun[edit]
Leif
- a male given name
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Leifr (“relic", "inheritor”). Revived in the 19th century.
Proper noun[edit]
Leif
- A male given name.
References[edit]
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 28 018 males with the given name Leif have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Luxembourgish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą. Cognate with German Leib, English life, Dutch lijf, West Frisian liif, Icelandic líf.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Leif m (plural Leiwer)
Related terms[edit]
Norwegian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Leifr. Used in Norway since the Middle Ages.
Proper noun[edit]
Leif
- A male given name.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 14 588 males with the given name Leif living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Norwegian Leif, from Old Norse Leifr. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1852.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Leif c (genitive Leifs)
- A male given name.
References[edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 68 292 males with the given name Leif living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Categories:
- Cebuano terms derived from Old Norse
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano male given names
- Cebuano male given names from Germanic languages
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish masculine nouns
- Norwegian terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- Swedish terms derived from Norwegian
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names