Given name & surname

Loeb

“resembling a lion”

Loeb is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “resembling a lion.”

Original GermanLöb

Meaning & origin

What it means

One German interpretation is “resembling a lion.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is German.

How it developed

From German Löb.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Loeb’s family of names

Loeb has a related form in Loebe. Loeb has a related form in Loeber. Loeb has a related form in Loew.

Walk Loeb’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Loeb has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

German

Germanwhere Loeb comes from · 4 names

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Nicknames & forms 6

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

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Loeb, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

German

Loder

“to load”

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German

Loser

Loser is a surname from German.

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German

Loeffler

Loeffler is a surname from German.

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German

Loefler

Loefler is a surname from German.

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German

Loffler

Loffler is a surname from German.

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German

Löffler

Löffler is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.

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German

Loughner

Loughner is a surname from German.

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German

Liebmann

Liebmann is a surname from German.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Loeb’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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