Lieve

  • [ LEE-və ]
  • Dutch
Short form of GODELIEVE.

GODELIEVE   female   Dutch
Dutch (Flemish) form of GODELIVA.
GODELIVA   female   Ancient Germanic
Feminine form of GOTELEIB. This was the name of an 11th-century Flemish saint who was murdered on her husband's orders.
GOTELEIB   male   Ancient Germanic
Germanic name derived from the elements god "god" and leub "dear, beloved".
FULL FORMS
DUTCH: Godelieve
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Godeliva
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Goteleib
GERMAN: Gottlieb