Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Dutch use, Lieve is a diminutive of Godelieve. An origin associated with Godelieve is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Lieve is a diminutive of Godelieve.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lieve through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lieve’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Lieve is a diminutive of Godelieve.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lieve
- Lieve VerschuierDutch Golden Age painter (1627-1686)
- Lieve WierinckBelgian politicianborn 1957
- Lieve SlegersBelgian distance runnerborn 1965
- Lieve GeelvinckDutch politician (1676-1743)
- Lieve JorisBelgian writerborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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