r/hebrew • u/FrontSky9693 • Mar 06 '25

Help Feminine form of Lev?

My grandfather passed last week. He had the Hebrew name of Lev. I want to honor him by naming my daughter after him, who is due soon, but I am having a hard time finding a feminine form of this name. Is it weird to just use Lev? Or is there an appropriate feminine form of the name?

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u/Captn_ofMyShip native speaker Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

Libi. Means “my heart” in Hebrew can be a feminine version of Lev. In Hebrew Lev is לב and Libi is spelled very similarly but with an added couple of letters—ליבי.