Loeb

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləʊb/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /loʊb/

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• Rhymes: -əʊb
• Hyphenation: Loeb

Loeb

1. A surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Loeb”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 452.

• Belo, Bole, Lebo, bole, lobe