Leibish
Boy · LAY-bish · Germanic
Leibish is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Leibish mean?
Germanic: Yiddish pet form of Leib
“lion”
Leib, Yiddish for lion, is traditionally paired with Judah, whom Jacob compared to a lion.
- Say it
- LAY-bish
Is Leibish a girl's or a boy's name?
Leibish is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leibish in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 120% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Leibish, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Leibish in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leibish in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
Nicknames for Leibish
Names like Leibish
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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