Family name origins & meanings
- Americanized form of a German name of uncertain origin. It is most probably from Liebengut, a nickname meaning ‘dear and good’ (lieb und gut).
- An alternative possibility is German Leibengut, a status name for a person bonded to an ecclesiastical estate, from Middle High German līp ‘body’, ‘life’ + und ‘and’ + guot ‘goods’, ‘possessions’.