It is typically a first name, or less commonly a surname (e.g. in
Czech Republic) of Slavic origin, (
Cyrillic: Лев) which translates as "lion". Cf. Germanic form
Löwe or
Löw.
It is common with German Jews with Levite origins. Names like Leffmann, Levitz, Levy, Levi, etc.
It is also a common Israeli surname and uncommon first name which translates as "heart" (לב, Loeb, Löb) in Hebrew.
The name also appears in the forms Liev, Lyev,
Leo and
Leon.
People with this name include:
Leo I of Galicia (Lev Danylovych in Ukrainian) (c. 1228–c. 1301), Knyaz (prince) of Belz, Peremyshl, Halych, Grand Prince of Kyiv and King of Galicia-Volhynia
Lev Alburt (born 1945), chess Grandmaster and chess writer
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It is typically a first name, or less commonly a surname (e.g. in
Czech Republic) of Slavic origin, (
Cyrillic: Лев) which translates as "lion". Cf. Germanic form
Löwe or
Löw.
It is common with German Jews with Levite origins. Names like Leffmann, Levitz, Levy, Levi, etc.
It is also a common Israeli surname and uncommon first name which translates as "heart" (לב, Loeb, Löb) in Hebrew.
The name also appears in the forms Liev, Lyev,
Leo and
Leon.
People with this name include:
Leo I of Galicia (Lev Danylovych in Ukrainian) (c. 1228–c. 1301), Knyaz (prince) of Belz, Peremyshl, Halych, Grand Prince of Kyiv and King of Galicia-Volhynia
Lev Alburt (born 1945), chess Grandmaster and chess writer
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
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