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Leiv is a masculine given name, a Norwegian spelling variant of Leif. Persons so-named include:

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Instance of
male given name
Said to be same as
Leif
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native label
Leiv
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
L100
Cologne phonetics
53
Caverphone
LF1111
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Leiv (given name)

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Leiv is a masculine given name, a Norwegian spelling variant of Leif. Persons so-named include: Leiv Amundsen (1898–1987), Norwegian librarian and philologist Leiv Blakset (1928–2005), Norwegian farmer, teacher and politician Leiv Erdal (1915–2009), Norwegian military officer, bailiff and politician Leiv Harang (1902–1970), Norwegian physicist Leiv Heggstad (1879–1954), Norwegian educator, linguist and translator Leiv Kjøllmoen (1930–2015), Norwegian politician Leiv Kreyberg (1896–1984), Norwegian pathologist and university professor Leiv Lunde (1961–2022), Norwegian political scientist and politician Leiv Mjeldheim (1929–2011), Norwegian historian Leiv Nergaard (born 1944), Norwegian businessperson Leiv Stensland (1934–2020), Norwegian politician Leiv Kristen Sydnes (born 1948), Norwegian chemist Leiv Magnus Vidvei (1923–2016), Norwegian economist, civil servant and politician

Category:Masculine given names Category:Norwegian masculine given names

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