Lev name meaning

Gender: Unisex, both Boy and Girl

Origin: Latin and Hebrew

Usage: Russian, Polish, Czech, Hebrew, Finnish, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian

Pronunciation: lev

Meaning: The Lion and Leo

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What does Lev mean?

Frequently Used Lev is used especially in Hebrew, Polish, Czech, Norwegian, Russian, Finnish, Danish and Swedish is originated from Hebrew and Latin aimed at both sexes, Lev means "The Lion or Leo".

Lev is a version of perennial and biblical Levi. Levi is short version of Levente. Levi is Latin equivalent of The Hebrew Name לֵוִי Meaning Attached. Meaning of Levi is Affectionate and Joined has its origin in Hebrew and Hungarian.

Lev is form of durable and trendy Leo. Leo is a variation of darling and ever lasting Leona. Also Leo is a variation of Its Variants. Leo is also a variation of Germanic Names Containing the Name Element Lew.

Leo is a diminutive of Leonhard. Also Leo is abridged form of Leopold. Origin of Widely Accepted Leo is in Dutch, Czech and Latin languages, meaning of Leo is "Lion-man, Brave and The Lion".

Also Lev is form of Leifr in Swedish and Danish languages. Also Lev is form of לֵב, a Hebrew Name Meaning Heart in Latin language.

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How do I pronounce Lev?

The proper pronunciation of two syllabled Lev is lev. leh-v is the different way(s) to pronounce the name.

Variants of Lev

Leo, Levi, Leona, Lavi, Leon, Levin, Levie, Leifr, Leif

Names that rhyme with Lev

How popular is the name Lev?

Lev is a common name in United States given to over 1571 babies in 45 years. At present peaking at the charts, it ranked 1076th when 181 parents chose the moniker for their baby boys.

Also, Lev is a common name in Netherlands given to over 531 babies in 4 years. Currently the moniker is on a rise, in 2019, 160 boys were bestowed the name and it was ranked at 106th position.

Lev is an uncommon baby name in England and Wales, in use since 1998, peaked in 2018 when it ranked 1324th. Over 133 people have been named Lev in England and Wales.

But Lev is a popular baby name in Russia where every 1 in 4000 have the name as well as in, Ukraine and Israel. As per our estimate, over 70000 babies have been bestowed Lev around the globe.

Year	Boys		Girls
Year	Rank	Births	Rank	Births
2018	1076	181	13693	6
2017	1300	138	14025	6
2016	1217	153
2015	1293	137
2014	1471	110	13035	7

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Lev in Nordic countries

Countries	Men		Women
Countries	First Name	Secondary Name	First Name	Secondary Name
	246	66	6	5
	195	11	5	0

Here's what numbers has to say about Lev

Work on your personal progress. Having vowel E as your first one in your name represents your sensitivity. You can spend a whole day on meditation instead of exercise and feel equally productive, or even more. Office work drives you crazy. This is why you prefer freelance work. You are never bored. Even when you are alone. You believe that your body is a temple that needs to be taken good care of. And so does the soul.

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Sáben - Admired Sáben is originated from Latin is used as a girl name is majorly used in Sami. Sáben is Sami equivalent of Sabine
Beryl - Notably used in Finnish, Danish and Norwegian persistent and predominant, Beryl is used as a unisex name and is rooted from English and Latin, meaning of Beryl is "Rock, A Jewel or The Beryl"
Vidalina - Girl name Vidalina is originated from Latin, meaning of Vidalina is "Life" is primarily used in Spanish
Ileana - Rare girl name Ileana is rooted from Old French and Latin which is predominantly used in Romanian, Spanish and Finnish languages, meaning of Ileana is "Trojan, Brilliant or Shining"
Loraline - The Loraline is rooted from Latin, Loraline means "Laurel"

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Famous people named Lev

Lev Sedov, son of the Russian Communist leader Leon Trotsky and his second wife Natalia Sedova
Lev Pulver, Russian-Jewish musician
Lev Oborin, Russian pianist
Lev Abalkin, fictional character in Boris and Arkady Strugatsky's series of science fiction novels set
Lev Naumov, Russian classical pianist, composer and educator
Lev Vinocour, pianist from Russia
Lev David, writer, radio producer and radio presenter
Lev Dodin,
Lev Vasilevsky, KGB Mexico City Illegal Resident during much of the period of the Manhattan Project
Lev Lobodin, male decathlete from Russia
Lev Lvovich Tolstoy, Russian writer, and the fourth son of Leo Tolstoy
Lev Pavlovich Rapoport, was well known for his pioneering works

Lev Knipper, Soviet composer of partially German descent and an active OGPU - NKVD agent
Lev Shestakov, Soviet military aviator and the Red Air Force's leading ace
Lev Karakhan, ethnic Armenian-born Russian revolutionary and a Soviet diplomat
Lev Gillet, archimandrite of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Lev Shubnikov, Soviet experimental physicist
Lev Ilyin, Russian architect
Lev Blatný, Czech poet, author, theatre critic and Dramaturg
Lev Khrshchonovich, chief architect of Kazan
Lev Tikhomirov,
Lev Rokhlin, career officer in the Soviet and Russian armies
Lev Skvirsky, Soviet military leader and lieutenant-general
Lev Lebedinsky, Russian musicologist
Lev Vekker, Russian and American psychologist

Lev Gor'kov, Russian-American research physicist internationally
Lev Navrozov, and became a prominent Russian dissident
Lev Gorlitsky, Jewish Soviet weapons designer
Lev Conus, Russian pianist, music educator, and composer
Lev Aptekar, Jewish Soviet–New Zealand chess master
Lev Shcherba, Russian linguist and lexicographer specializing
Lev Toitman, soldier in World War II
Lev Landau, Soviet physicist
Lev Vygotsky, Soviet psychologist, the founder of an unfinished Marxist theory of human cultural and bio-social development commonly referred to as "cultural-historical psychology"
Lev Dyomin, This spaceflight was intended to dock with the space station Salyut 3
Lev Pontryagin, Soviet mathematician
Lev Schnirelmann, Soviet mathematician who worked on number theory

Lev Artsimovich, Soviet physicist
Lev Shestov, Russian existentialist philosopher
Lev Gumilyov, Soviet historian, ethnologist
Lev Berg, leading Russian geographer
Lev Vaidman, Russian-Israeli physicist and Professor at Tel Aviv University
Lev Skrbenský z Hříště, prominent Cardinal
Lev Kuleshov, Russian and Soviet filmmaker and film theorist
Lev Yashin, football biography
Lev Dovator, Soviet major-general
Lev Kopelev, Soviet author and dissident
Lev Gleason Publications, publisher of a number of popular comic books during the 1940s and early 1950s
Lev Chernyi, Russian individualist anarchist theorist
Lev Nussimbaum, writer and journalist
Lev Manovich, author of books on new media theory, professor of Computer Science at the City University of New York

Lev Grossman, American novelist and journalist
Lev Alburt, chess grandmaster, chess writer and chess coach
Lev Polugaevsky, International Grandmaster of chess and frequent contender for the World Championship
Lev Avnerovich Leviev, Israeli businessman, philanthropist and investor
Lev Ivanov, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later
Lev Kassil, Born into a Jewish family June 27
Lev Mei, Russian dramatist and poet
Lev Kirshner, head coach for the men's soccer team San Diego State University
Lev Zhurbin, composer and violist
Lev Psakhis, naturalised Israeli chess grandmaster

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