Around the globe, Leifer (Leifer 
, Лейфер 
, לייפר ) is a very rare masculine first name. The given name Leifer is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Colombia, where it is a very rare boy's name. Much more frequently, Leifer is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Leifer | Germany, Romania, United Kingdom, United States, Israel |
| Лейфер | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| לייפער, לייפר | Israel |
| meyer h. leifer Rabbi and Cantor of Congregation Emunath Israel (b. 1930) |
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| meshulam eliezer leifer American-born Israeli rabbi (b. 1979) |
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