Lev

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

Boy's name · #1001 in the US (2025) · Trending

Lev is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1971, it stood at #1001 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 3,000 boys have been named Lev along the way. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the West in the 2000s and 2010s, strongest in the Northeast today.

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)

In stories & tradition

Lev (Prince Myshkin) — The Idiot
Lev Sharansky — fictional human
Lev Abalkin — Noon Universe

What Levs become

Among 1,137 notable people named Lev:

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

Similar names: Haziel · Levy · Scout · Zev · Lyam · Azaiah

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