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In the world, Leib (Leib , לייב , Лейб ) is quite a rare predominantly male, but scarcely female given name. The first name Leib is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common principally male, but very seldom feminine name, Poland, where it is a rare male name, and Ukraine, where it is a very rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Israel, the United States, and Russia. More frequently, Leib is the last name as well as the forename.