59%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Anglo-Saxon [1] Meaning & History Means "dear friend", derived from the Old English elements leof "dear, beloved" and wine "friend". This was the name of an 8th-century English saint, also known as Lebuin, who did missionary work in Frisia. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesLieven, Lievin(Flemish) Levin(German) Leobwin(Germanic) Categories beloved, evangelists, friendship, love, nobles, saints, virtues Sources & References Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
