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How do you spell this name?
Liba  
 73%  [ 122 ]
Leeba  
 17%  [ 29 ]
Lieba  
 6%  [ 11 ]
other  
 2%  [ 4 ]
Total Votes : 166



amother
Seafoam


 

Post Mon, May 25 2020, 11:04 pm
I'm in MO circles, I know a couple of lieba's, a bunch of leeba's and a sprinkling of leba's but no liba's lol
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amother
Rose


 

Post Tue, May 26 2020, 12:21 am
It probably depends what circles you are in. You should take that into consideration...
Yeshivish here, mostly see Liba. Also see some Leba.
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essie14




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, May 26 2020, 2:05 am
I think Leeba makes the most sense, phonetically.
I also think Reena makes the most sense.
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tigerwife




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, May 26 2020, 2:38 am
amother [ Pearl ] wrote:
How does a name spelled with Hebrew letters have a correct English spelling? All of them are transliterations.


In German, which yiddish is based on, the root word is spelled “Liebe” (love, and the name means beloved). But I agree that the spelling would be awkward and likely to be mispronounced in the US.
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amother
Pearl


 

Post Tue, May 26 2020, 9:12 am
tigerwife wrote:
In German, which yiddish is based on, the root word is spelled “Liebe” (love, and the name means beloved). But I agree that the spelling would be awkward and likely to be mispronounced in the US.


Like you say, the German spellings are different than English because of pronunciation of our alphabets. We also spell it Chaya, not Chaja. And Avrohom, not Awrohom.

Editing- I realize that both my examples are Hebrew, not German based, but I can’t think of other examples right now. Not enough sleep or something.
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amother
Burlywood


 

Post Tue, May 26 2020, 9:20 am
Dd is Liba. Legal name is Libby
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