Lief \lief\ as a boy's name is a variant of Leif (Scandinavian), and the meaning of Lief is "heir; loved".

The baby name Lief sounds like Lev, Lew and Loew. Other similar baby names are Lee, Biff, Lige, Le-, Leo, Lea, Le, Lem, Len, Lion, Les, Liam, Linn, Lin, Lino, Lleu and Loeb.