Entry № 5961 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Lioba Lioba — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ lee-OH-bah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Beloved (Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

A name that means "beloved (anglo-saxon missionary to germany)".

Lioba combines the Old English lēof (beloved). Saint Lioba (c.

Featured in Rudolf of Fulda's Vita Liobae.

Beloved (Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany) — a Anglo-Saxon name.

The name in its native script.

Lioba
Transliteration
Lioba
Pronunciation
/ liˈoʊ.bə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lioba stands.

Lioba does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Liobas before her.

Real people
Saint Lioba
Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany.
c. 710 – 782
In fiction
Lioba
Subject of Rudolf of Fulda's Vita.
836

Names connected to Lioba.

The number behind Lioba.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lioba reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.