Not to be confused with the Russian variant of the name, Liberman.
Lieberman, Liebermann, or Liberman are names deriving from Lieb, a German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) nickname for a person from the German lieb or Yiddish lib, meaning 'dear, beloved'.[1] Many Lieberman families originally spelled the name in Hebrew or Cyrillic characters, so variations in the spelling occurred during transliteration to the Latin alphabet.
Liebermann
- Alexander Liebermann, French-German composer
- Benjamin Liebermann, German manufacturer
- Charles H. Liebermann, Russian-American physician
- Eliezer Dob Liebermann, Russian-Jewish writer
- Felix Liebermann, historian (brother to Max Liebermann)
- Leo Liebermann, Hungarian chemist (1852-1926)
- Liebermann Inc., computer company
- Lowell Liebermann, composer
- Max Liebermann, painter
- Rabbi Mordechai Liebermann, educator, Rabbi, illustrator, mentor
- Rolf Liebermann, composer and opera director
- Sergio Liebermann, Chilean photographer and videographer
Lieberman
- Avigdor Lieberman, Moldavian-born Israeli politician, former Minister of Foreign affairs
- Dave Lieberman, chef and television host
- Evelyn S. Lieberman, American public official
- Hadassah Lieberman, wife of Joe Lieberman
- Hendel Lieberman, Russian-American artist
- Herman Lieberman, Polish lawyer and Socialist politician
- Jeff Lieberman (born 1947), American filmmaker
- Jeffrey Lieberman, American psychiatrist, Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University
- Joe Lieberman, U.S. senator from Connecticut
- Jon Lieberman, reporter and producer
- Judith Lieberman, educator and the wife of Saul Lieberman
- Lou Lieberman, Australian politician
- Nancy Lieberman, basketball player
- Philip Lieberman, linguist
- Robert Lieberman, film and television director
- Robert H. Lieberman, scientist, educator, novelist and movie director
- Saul Lieberman, rabbi and scholar and the husband of Judith Lieberman
- Syd Lieberman, storyteller
Liberman
- Alexander Liberman, a Russian-American publisher, painter, and sculptor
- Alvin Liberman, professor of psychology and director of Haskins Laboratories
- Anatoly Liberman, professor of linguistics, etymology, and folklore
- Evsei Liberman, Soviet economist
- Jim Liberman, American drag racer
- M. Charles Liberman, professor of Otology and Laryngology at Harvard Medical School
- Mark Liberman, professor of linguistics
- Simcha Liberman, Talmudist
- Tetiana Liberman, Ukrainian singer
References
- ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames [Oxford UP, 1988], p. 325
See also
- The Lieberman clause
- Related surnames