English: from the Old English personal names Leofa
(masculine) and Leofe (feminine) ‘dear’, ‘beloved’. These
names were in part short forms of various compound names with this
first element, in part independent affectionate bynames.English:
apparently a topographic name for someone who lived in a densely
foliated area, from Middle English leaf ‘leaf’; a certain
Robert Intheleaves is recorded in London in the 14th
century.Americanized form of Swedish Lö(ö)f,
Löv, an ornamental name from löv ‘leaf’.English translation of the Ashkenazic Jewish ornamental surname
Blatt.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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