Liebel

surname · Latin script

Meaning: 1. from a pet form of a medieval personal name with the first element Lieb (see Lieb 1 and 2)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɫibəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Liebel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 67K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 407K
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 213K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,200 people, est.

Sources
171 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 67K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

1. from a pet form of a medieval personal name with the first element Lieb (see Lieb 1 and 2). 2. (Lausitz, Silesia): variant of Liebelt.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Liebel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Liebel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,200 est.≈1 in 67K—Liebel81
US United States8171 in 407K852Liebel171
BR Brazil5741 in 369K574——
GB United Kingdom≈150 est.≈1 in 448K—Liebel10
CA Canada≈84 est.≈1 in 451K—Liebel25
SG Singapore≈27 est.≈1 in 230K—Liebel1
JM Jamaica≈13 est.≈1 in 213K—Liebel1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Liebel is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Liébel

  • Czech name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Liébel

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Liebel is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Kurzform zu Leut-, Lieb[wald, bald] oder zu mhd. liep 'lieb, angenehm'; + -t; 545 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

17501800185019001950Ignaz Liebel, b. 1754Sophie Liebel, b. 1866Michael Liebel, Jr., b. 1870Ludwig Liebel, b. 1887Willy Liebel, b. 1897Frank Liebel, b. 1919Erik Liebel, b. 1919Manfred Liebel, b. 1940

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Liebel,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Liebel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000852#26,829
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010817#29,041
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020797#31,175
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—574#15,038
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Liebel come from?
1. from a pet form of a medieval personal name with the first element Lieb (see Lieb 1 and 2). 2. (Lausitz, Silesia): variant of Liebelt. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Liebel?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɫibəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Liebel mean?
Recorded meaning: 1. from a pet form of a medieval personal name with the first element Lieb (see Lieb 1 and 2).
In which country does Liebel have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Liebel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled liebel.
How common is the name Liebel?
In the United States, the national register counted 817 people named Liebel in 2010, about 1 in 407 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Liebel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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