Lieve is a

Dutch language Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-Europea ...

feminine name derived from the

Godelieve Saint Godelieve (also known as Godeleva, Godeliève, and Godelina; nl, Sint-Godelieve) ( 10526 July 1070) is a Flemish saint. She behaved with charity & gentleness to all, accepting an arranged marriage as was the custom, but her husband and fam ...

("dear to God"), a female 11th-century Flemish saint. The masculine given name is probably a form of

Lieven The House of Lieven ( lv, Līveni; russian: Ливен) is one of the oldest aristocratic families of Baltic Germans. History The family claims descent from Caupo of Turaida (Latvian, ''Kaupo''), the Livonian ''quasi rex'' who converted to C ...

.Lieven
at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the Netherlands. Both names contain the Germanic element "lief-" ("dear") and ''lief'' and ''lieve'' still retain that meaning in Dutch. People with the name include: ;Feminine * Lieve Fransen (born 1950), Belgian HIV/AIDS activist * Lieve Joris (born 1953), Belgian non-fiction writer * Lieve van Kessel (born 1977), Dutch field hockey player * Lieve Maes (born 1960), Belgian N-VA politician * Lieve Slegers (born 1965), Belgian long-distance runner * Lieve Van Ermen (born 1948), Belgian politician and cardiologist * Lieve Wierinck (born 1957), Belgian VLD politician and MEP ;Masculine * Lieve Geelvinck (1676–1743), Dutch administrator of the Dutch East India Company, mayor of Amsterdam * Lieve Verschuier (1627–1686), Dutch maritime painter

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