Origin of the name Lipes

The word "libes" or "lipes" means "pleasing, dear" in Yiddish. From this word a Yiddish female name "Liba" appeared, that in Russia transformed later in "Luba" among many Jews. Along with that, naturally there always was an independent Russian name - Luba as a short name for Lubov'. However, in Jewish families Luba most often meant the name Liba made to sound Russian. By the way from the same word "libes" or "lipes" (the sounds "p" and "b" change depending on the dialect of Yiddish) a male name "Lipa" appeared that was very wide spread in the Pale of Settlemt in the end of the 19-th century.
So the family name Lipes means nothing but "son of Liba" or "son of Lipa". Names originating from the names of wives or mothers were mainly spread in Minsk and Grodno gubernias.
By the way, the name Lipke as a dimunitive form of the name Lipa is a famous name in the American criminal world. Famous gangster of the thirties, a Russian immigrant, Leon (Lipa) Buhgalter that became famous by organizing for the first time in criminal history a whole gang or group of killers, called himself just like his mother used to - Lipke. The FBI was sure for a long time that Lipke Buhgalter is not a first and last name, but rather a nick of the famous gangster.