Wiebe

  • [ VEE-bə (Dutch, German), WEE-bə (Dutch) ]
  • Frisian, Dutch, German
Medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element wig meaning "war".

EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Wigberht, Wigbrand
ANGLO-SAXON: Wigberht
DUTCH: Wiebe
FRISIAN: Wiebe
GERMAN: Wiebe
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH: Wybert
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DUTCH: Wibo
FRISIAN: Wibo
FEMININE FORMS
DANISH: Vibeke
FRISIAN: Wiebke
GERMAN: Wibke, Wiebke
NORWEGIAN: Vibeke
SWEDISH: Viveka