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Leiv

“inheritor”

masculineLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Old Norse
3 language contexts: Danish Norwegian Nynorsk Norwegian
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Leiv

Leiv is a masculine given name documented in Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Leifr. It is a form of Leif, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “inheritor”.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “inheritor”

From Old Norse Leifr, which is derived from the feminine noun leif f, whence also leiv f and leivd. The name is a short form of Old Norse names ending in -leifr, such as Þorleifr (> Torleiv). Used in Norway since the Middle Ages.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Turkish Wiktionary: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: LeifCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Leiv is used

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2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2020: 5 boys (rank 12022).

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3 of 3 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Leiv

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2011: 4; births; Rank #527
Peak year: 1946; 49 births

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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Leiv in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	40	124	observed
1946	49	116	observed
1947	44	120	observed
1948	42	127	observed
1949	42	122	observed
1950	38	135	observed
1951	39	124	observed
1952	31	156	observed
1953	35	138	observed
1954	29	151	observed
1955	24	175	observed
1956	29	160	observed
1957	22	180	observed
1958	24	177	observed
1959	19	204	observed
1960	21	198	observed
1961	22	196	observed
1962	23	191	observed
1963	17	239	observed
1964	25	190	observed
1965	23	208	observed
1966	16	255	observed
1967	11	319	observed
1968	14	277	observed
1969	11	340	observed
1970	12	326	observed
1971	15	288	observed
1972	20	244	observed
1973	7	456	observed
1974	11	366	observed
1975	12	341	observed
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	11	370	observed
1978	7	468	observed
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	9	417	observed
1981	9	427	observed
1982	8	456	observed
1983	6	517	observed
1984	5	571	observed
1985	6	525	observed
1986	6	516	observed
1987	6	518	observed
1988	8	465	observed
1989	5	567	observed
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	7	473	observed
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	4	575	observed
1994	4	553	observed
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	4	533	observed
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	4	527	observed
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Leiv” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q30504527CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Turkish Wiktionary: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: LeifCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Leiv

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “inheritor”

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Turkish Wiktionary: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: LeifCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Leiv is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Leiv’s connections around the world.

2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2020: 5 boys (rank 12022).

Explore United States

3 of 3 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Leiv

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2011: 4; births; Rank #527
Peak year: 1946; 49 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Leiv in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	40	124	observed
1946	49	116	observed
1947	44	120	observed
1948	42	127	observed
1949	42	122	observed
1950	38	135	observed
1951	39	124	observed
1952	31	156	observed
1953	35	138	observed
1954	29	151	observed
1955	24	175	observed
1956	29	160	observed
1957	22	180	observed
1958	24	177	observed
1959	19	204	observed
1960	21	198	observed
1961	22	196	observed
1962	23	191	observed
1963	17	239	observed
1964	25	190	observed
1965	23	208	observed
1966	16	255	observed
1967	11	319	observed
1968	14	277	observed
1969	11	340	observed
1970	12	326	observed
1971	15	288	observed
1972	20	244	observed
1973	7	456	observed
1974	11	366	observed
1975	12	341	observed
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	11	370	observed
1978	7	468	observed
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	9	417	observed
1981	9	427	observed
1982	8	456	observed
1983	6	517	observed
1984	5	571	observed
1985	6	525	observed
1986	6	516	observed
1987	6	518	observed
1988	8	465	observed
1989	5	567	observed
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	7	473	observed
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	4	575	observed
1994	4	553	observed
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	4	533	observed
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	4	527	observed
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q30504527CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Turkish Wiktionary: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: LeifCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: LeivCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Leiv

About Leiv

Old Norse origin

Where Leiv is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Leif

Gudleiv

Olav

Olov

Rolleiv

Torleiv

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Leiv

About Leiv

Old Norse origin

Where Leiv is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Leif

Gudleiv

Olav

Olov

Rolleiv

Torleiv

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Leiv

Old Norse origin

Where Leiv is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Leiv

Old Norse origin

Where Leiv is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page