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Loeb

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A surname of German or Yiddish origin, a variant of Löb.
"The Loeb family has a long history in banking and philanthropy."

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In plain EnglishA surname meaning roughly "lion" in its German root.

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Etymology

From German Löb, a dialectal form of Löwe, meaning "lion."

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