Etymology

Loeb

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Today it means: A surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb. Full definition →

German Löb
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  1. German · borrowed fromLöb
  2. English todayLoeb

Borrowed from German Löb, from a dialectal variant of Löwe (“lion”).

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