Lew

Gender：
Pronounced： [ LEF ]
Popularity：
Usage：Polish

Meaning & History：

Polish cognate of LEV (1).

LEV (1) male Russian

Means "lion" in Russian, functioning as a vernacular form of Leo. This was the real Russian name of both author Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) and revolutionary Leon Trotsky (1879-1940).

Names related to Lew：

EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GREEK: Leon, Leontios, Leontius

ARMENIAN: Levon

CROATIAN: Leo, Leon

CZECH: Leoš

DANISH: Leo

DUTCH: Leo, Leon

ENGLISH: Leo, Leon

FINNISH: Leo

FRENCH: Léo, Léon, Léonce

GEORGIAN: Levan

GERMAN: Leo, Leon

ITALIAN: Leone, Leonzio

LATE ROMAN: Leo

LITHUANIAN: Leonas

NORWEGIAN: Leo

POLISH: Leon

RUSSIAN: Leonti, Leontiy, Leonty, Lev, Lyov

SLOVENE: Leon

SPANISH: León, Leoncio

SWEDISH: Leo

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ENGLISH: Lionel

FRENCH: Lionel

FEMININE FORMS

ENGLISH: Leola, Leona, Leone, Leontyne

FRENCH: Léone, Léonne, Léontine

GERMAN: Leona

ITALIAN: Leontina

LATE ROMAN: Leontina

OTHER FORMS

DUTCH: Leonie

FRENCH: Léonie

GERMAN: Leonie

LATE ROMAN: Leonia, Leonius