Given name & surname

Leiba

Leiba is a surname, probably from Spanish. It is used in English and Spanish.

Original SpanishLeiva

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Leiba probably comes from Spanish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Leiba through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
2017
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Leiba in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2017–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 519 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Leiba’s family of names

In Spanish usage, Leiba as a surname has a related form in LEIVA. In English usage, Leiba as a surname may have an alternative spelling in LEIVA. This connection is qualified rather than certain.

Walk Leiba’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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