Leiba is a given name and a surname of Jewish origin, a variant of
Leib
Leib is a given name and (less often) a surname that are usually of Jewish origin.Leib
Baby Names Pedia Leib often stems from ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Barry Leiba (born 1957), American computer scientist
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Raw Leiba, American actor
Given name
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Avram Leiba Zissu (1888-1956), Jewish Romanian writer, political essayist, industrialist, Jewish community activist
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Leiba Dobrovskii Leyba-Itzko Dobrovsky or Dobrovskii (''Лейба Іцик Добровський''; 1910–1969) was a History of the Jews in Russia, Jewish Ukrainian soldier of the Soviet Red Army who was captured prisoner and hid his ethnic identity to survive t ...
(1910-1969), Jewish Ukrainian soldier of the Soviet Red Army who was captured prisoner, hid his ethnic identity, escaped, and joined the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
*Leiba Feldbin, birth name of
Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov ( be, Аляксандар Мікалаевіч Арлоў, born Leiba Lazarevich Feldbin, later Lev Lazarevich Nikolsky, and in the US assuming the name of Igor Konstantinovich Berg; 21 August 1895 – 25 March 1 ...
*Ştrul Leiba Croitoru, birth name of
Ion Călugăru (1902-1956), Jewish Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist, and critic
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Leiva (disambiguation)
Leiva may refer to:
*Leiva, Nariño, a municipality and town in the Nariño Department, Colombia
* Leiva, Boyacá, a municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, largest town Villa de Leyva
* Leiva River, a river in Chile
*Leiva, La Rioja, a munic ...
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