Lev

“Lion (Slavic, from Latin); heart (Hebrew)” — Latin via Slavic; Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #999 in the US (2025) · Trending

Lev has appeared in US records since 1971 — best rank #999 (2025) · 2,999 babies named Lev all-time · 1 in 7,700 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #26 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #50 in Slovenia (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Levs

Lev Landau — Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968)
Lev Yashin — Player for U.S.S.R (1929–1990)
Lev Vygotsky — Soviet psychologist (1896-1934)
Lev Kamenev — Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician (1883–1936)
Lev Gumilev — Soviet academic (1912-1992)

Among 1,136 notable people named Lev:

Scientists & scholars appear 2.04× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lev Landau, Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968).

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