Lev - Meaning of Lev

What does Lev mean?

[ 1 syll. lev, le-v ] The baby boy name Lev is pronounced as LehV or Liyeh-V †. Lev is mainly used in the Czech, Russian, and Hebrew languages, and its language of origin is Latin and Hebrew.

Lev is a variant spelling of the Russian and English name Lew in the Czech and Russian languages as well as a variant form of Leo in the Czech and Russian languages.

Lev is also a variant form of the Hungarian, English, German, and Hebrew name Levi in the Hebrew language.

See also the related categories, latin, hebrew, russian, and czech.

Lev is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is ranked outside of the top 1000 names. In 2018, within the group of boy names directly linked to Lev, Levi was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Lev include Labe, Laef, Lafay, Laif, Laiv, Laive, Lap, Laphee, Lapp, Lav, Lave, Layf, Leaf, Leb, Leef, Leib, Leif, Leife, Leiff, and Leiv.

† English pronunciation for Lev: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)"

Details of famous persons named Lev:
Inventor Leon Theremin, born Lev Sergeivich Teremen, 15 August 1896 - 3 November 1993, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Revolutionary Leon Trotsky, born Lev Davidovich Bronstein, 7 November 1879 - 21 August 1940, Yanovka, Ukraine.



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