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Leif

American  
[leef, leyf] / lif, leɪf /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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Whittaker is survived by his wife, Dianne Roberts, and children Bobby, Joss and Leif.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Funding was provided by organizations including the Swedish Research Council, the Hållsten Research Foundation, the Alzheimer's Foundation and the private initiative Innovative ways to fight Alzheimer´s disease -- Leif Lundblad Family and others and RIKEN.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

There is evidence to suggest that Leif Erikson, Erik’s son, went on to explore the lands around what is now New Foundland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

They had a chance to take the lead when Callum Brittain's shirt-tug on Leif Davis won the visitors a 42nd-minute penalty but Brynn dived to his right to tip Hirst's spot-kick around the post.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

It was more than a hundred years before Leif the Fortunate, son of Erik the Red, rediscovered that land, which he would call Vineland.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman