Lev

• lion in russian, life in swedish
• Czech name meaning "lion." While girls' names can be a bit out there, you kinda have to be careful with boys names or they'll get beat up. This one is unusual enough to be cool, but not so unusual your son would get wedgies his whole life. Also my babydaddy and I are both Leos, so lions are good.

Lev is used in Russian as a cognate of the Latin Leo meaning "lion" (pronounced L'YEV). It was the real name of both Russian Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky and novelist Leo Tolstoy. Lev was also popular among Russian Jews because it also means "heart" in Hebrew. Pronounced /LEV/ It is used as an independent Hebrew name.
See Also: Leo

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