Liebel Name Origin and Family Crest

In parish registers, Liebel often stands in for Lieb. The name is generally explained as “A dear, beloved person, or a descendant of Liubwin”. Liebel carries the diminutive ending -el, so it began as a ‘little’ or affectionate form of Lieb. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Liebel surname had 817 bearers. That puts it inside the top 50,000 US surnames.

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