indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon, Literature
Other Forms FormsLiofa, Leva, Liefa, Lyefea, Lyva, Lefa, Leffa, Leoffa, Leefa, Leafa, Léofa, Leue, Liofus
Meaning & History
Derived from the Old English element leof meaning "dear, agreeable, beloved".Leofa (also Leof) was a thief and alleged killer of Edmund I of England (921-946). Brytta Léofa was a fictional king in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.