Lev

Hebrew, Russian

"heart; lion"

Lev Origin and Meaning

Variation of Leo

Lev Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 404 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lev

• 404 Nameberry 2025
• 40 Unique 2024
• 920 England 2023
• 32 slovenia 2024

20 Names Similar to Lev

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• Finneas
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• Bjorn
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• Mika
• Teo
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• Leith
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Famous People Named Lev

• Lev Nikolayevich "Leo" Tolstoy Russian novelist
• Lev Davidovich Bronshtein birth name of Soviet leader Leon Trotsky
• Lev Lvovich Sedov son of Leon Trotsky
• Lev Davidovich Landau Azerbaijani Soviet physicist and Nobel prize winner
• Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky Belorussian psychologist
• Lev Grossman American novelist and journalist
• Lev Ivanovich Yashin Russian football goalkeeper
• Lev Matveyevich Vainshtein Russian Olympic shooter
• Lev L. Spiro American film and TV director
• Lev Avnerovich Leviev Uzbek,Israeli businessman and philanthropist
• Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov Russian film director and theorist
• Lev Borisovich Kamenev Russian revolutionary and Soviet leader
• Lev Osipovich Alburt Russian chess grandmaster and writer
• Lev Valerievich Bure (b. 2000) son of actress Candace Cameron Bure and Valeri Vladimirovich Bure
• Lev Rapace (b. 2003) son of actress Noomi Rapace
• Mateo Lev Colicchio (b. 2011) son of chef Tom Colicchio
• Lev Cameron Khmelev French dancer, actor, buisnessman, and internet star.

The name Lev in Pop Culture

• Levi Jedediah "Lev" Calder character in "Unwind" by Neal Shusterman
• Lev Shapiro character in 2013 film "Frances Ha"
• Lev Haiba character in the anime "Haikyuu!!"
• Lev Shults character in Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Eye of the Heron"