Leaf Family Crest and Last Name Background

The Leaf last name has English roots. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “the beloved person”. The name also appears as Leef and Leafe.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Leaf with 3,111 bearers, at rank 10,358. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.

Sharing the Leaf name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families. Want more than a summary? See the Leaf family name pack.