Leifeste Family History
Leifeste Name Meaning
North German: probably a topographic name derived from late Middle Low German leine ‘grazing land with wide ditches’ + vēste ‘administrative district’ hence a name for a farmer who farmed an area of low-lying land or who was entrusted with maintaining the ditches in a district. This surname has apparently died out in Germany.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022