Names That Mean Lion
Updated Thu Sep 14 2023
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Names that mean lion are among the most appealing of all the trendy new names with animal meanings. The reason has everything to do with the lion's majesty and ferocity as king of the beasts.
Names with lion meanings are particularly appropriate as Leo baby names, for babies born under the sign of the lion, which runs from late July until late August. Leonine names might also fit a child with tawny golden skin or hair, or one who simply has a loud roar!
Girl names that mean lion in the US Top 1000 include Lilith, Nala, Leona, Ariel, and Ariella. Along with Leo, boy names that mean lion in the US Top 1000 include Gabriel, Leon, Hamza, and Leonardo.
The names on this list may literally mean lion, like Lionel, or may relate to famous lions such as Simba, or might have a more figurative relationship with lions, such as Daniel who in the Bible entered the lion's den.
If you're looking for names that mean lion for your baby boy or baby girl, this list includes a wide-ranging selection, ordered by current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Amandla
Origin:
Zulu and XhosaMeaning:
"power"
- Ariel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"lion of God"
- Ariella
Origin:
Spelling variation of ArielMeaning:
"lion of God"
- Aryeh
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"lion"
- Aslan
Origin:
TurkishMeaning:
"lion"
- Berengaria
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"bear spear"
- Celia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"heavenly"
- Charles
Origin:
French from GermanMeaning:
"man, free man"
- Cliodhna
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"shapely"
- Cliona
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"shapely"
- Consuelo
Origin:
Spanish from LatinMeaning:
"she who brings consolation"
- Cub
Origin:
English word name
- Damian
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"to tame, subdue"
- Daniel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my judge"
- Darva
Origin:
SlavicMeaning:
"honeybee"
- Deucalion
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"sweet sailor"
- Dev
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"god"
- Dhani
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"rich"
- Eliza
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Ellis
Origin:
English surname derived from Elijah or Elias or WelshMeaning:
"benevolent"
- Elsa
Origin:
German diminutive of ElisabethMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Endelienta
Origin:
Cornish
- Endellion
Origin:
Cornish place and saint's name
- Endelyn
Origin:
Cornish
- Eureka
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"I have found [it]"
- Galatea
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"she who is milk-white"
- Griffin
Origin:
Welsh, variation of GriffithMeaning:
"strong lord"
- Guri
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my lion cub"
- Guryon
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"young lion"
- Hamza
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"lion or strong"
- Idalia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"behold the sun"
- Jabez
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"borne in pain"
- Jagger
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"carter"
- Kiara
Origin:
Variation of the Italian Chiara or the Irish Ciara or Aboriginal Australian, KoreanMeaning:
"light, clear; little dark one; cockatoo; first ray of sun"
- Laith
Origin:
Arabic, ScottishMeaning:
"lion or wet"
- Lambert
Origin:
French and GermanMeaning:
"land brilliant"
- Lavinia
Origin:
Latin, from ancient place name Lavinium
- Leandra
Origin:
Feminine variation of Leander, GreekMeaning:
"lion-man"
- Leandro
Origin:
Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian variation of LeanderMeaning:
"lion-man"
- Lencho
Origin:
OromoMeaning:
"lion"
- Leno
Origin:
Diminutive of LeonardMeaning:
"lion"
- Leo
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"lion"
- Leocadia
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"splendid brightness"
- Leon
Origin:
Greek variation of LeoMeaning:
"lion"
- Leona
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"lioness"
- Leonel
Origin:
Variation of Lionel
- Leonid
Origin:
Russian, variation of Leonidas "lion"Meaning:
"lion"
- Leonidas
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"lion"
- Leonie
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"lion"
- Leontel
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Leontine
Origin:
French female form of Leontios, GreekMeaning:
"lion"
- Leontios
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"lion"
- Lev
Origin:
Hebrew, RussianMeaning:
"heart; lion"
- Levon
Origin:
Armenian, variation of LeonMeaning:
"lion"
- Leya
Origin:
Spanish; HindiMeaning:
"the law; lion"
- Lilith
Origin:
Assyrian, SumerianMeaning:
"ghost, night monster"
- Lionel
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"young lion"
- Lionel
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"young lion"
- Llio
Origin:
Welsh, originally a diminutive of Gwenllian
- Llywelyn
Origin:
Welsh, 'leader's image'
- Loew
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"lion"
- Loewe
Origin:
English and German surname nameMeaning:
"low or lion"
- Luan
Origin:
Portuguese, Albanian, Vietnamese, or Irish "moon; lion; ethics; warrior"Meaning:
"moon; lion; ethics; warrior"
- Lyon
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"lion"
- Marco
Origin:
Italian and Spanish form of MarkMeaning:
"warlike"
- Maximiliano
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"greatest"
- Miles
Origin:
English form of MiloMeaning:
"soldier or merciful"
- Milian
Origin:
Surname name
- Mufasa
Origin:
AfricanMeaning:
"king"
- Nala
Origin:
African, meaning unknown
- Nanala
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"sunflower"
- Nantale
Origin:
UgandanMeaning:
"clan totem is a lion"
- Napoleon
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"lion of the new city"
- Nathan
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"given"
- Omarosa
Origin:
Reality-TV name
- Othniel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"lion of god, or strength of god"
- Pegasus
Origin:
Greek mythology and animal nameMeaning:
"from a water spring"
- Pygmalion
Origin:
Greek
- Quillan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"cub"
- Rafiq
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"friend, companion, gentle, kind"
- Rasalas
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"the northern (star) of the lion's head"
- Richard
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"dominant ruler"
- Ruslan
Origin:
Slavic from TurkicMeaning:
"lion"
- Ruslana
Origin:
Feminine variation of Slavic "Ruslan," from the Turkic/Persian word for "Lion"Meaning:
"Lion"
- Safari
Origin:
African word name from SwahiliMeaning:
"journey"
- Safari
Origin:
African word name from SwahiliMeaning:
"journey"
- Sarabi
Origin:
African, SwahiliMeaning:
"mirage"
- Sher
Origin:
Persian & HindiMeaning:
"lion"
- Simba
Origin:
Swahili or ShonaMeaning:
"lion; strength"
- Smith
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"blacksmith"
- Solstice
Origin:
English from LatinMeaning:
"when the sun stands still"
- Stavros
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"cross"
- Sumner
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"summoner"
- Sunny
Origin:
Nickname name
- Sylvester
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"wood, forest"
- Thurstan
Origin:
Scandinavian, variation of ThurstonMeaning:
"Thor's stone"
- Thurston
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"Thor's stone"
- Timoleon
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"lion honor"
- Timon
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"reward, honor"
- Tully
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"flood, peaceful, or hill"
- Turner
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"works with a lathe"
- Venn
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fair"
- Walden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"valley of the Welsh"
- West
Origin:
Word name
- Zamzam
Origin:
Arabic place name
- Zira
Origin:
Berber, TamazightMeaning:
"moonlight"