German (Löb) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a strong man, from Middle High German lebe, lewe 'lion', or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a lion.

What does the word Loeb mean?

Loeb or Löb is a surname of German and Yiddish origin. It is derived from the word lion in German and Yiddish in different historic and dialectal forms (Löwe, Lewe, Löb, Leb, Leib). In Yiddish it is mostly written לייב (Leib).

Is Loeb a word?

No, loeb is not in the scrabble dictionary.