indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage English (Puritan, Rare)
Meaning & History
Directly taken from the English word life.From Middle English lif, lyf, from Old English līf (“life, existence; life-time”), from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“life, body”), from *lībaną (“to remain, stay, be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-, *lip- (“to stick, glue”).