Lev (given name) explained
| Lev |
| Gender: | Unisex |
| Meaning: | Lion and Heart |
| Language: | Slavic and Hebrew |
The name Lev is a first name, or less commonly a surname. It may be of different origins.
The first name Lev comes from Hebrew and means "heart" (לב). It is also a common Israeli surname and uncommon first name.It is common with German Jews with Levite origins. Names like Leffmann, Levitz, Levy, Levi, etc.
In Czech Republic of Slavic origin, Lev (Cyrillic: Лев) translates as "lion". Cf. Germanic form Löwe or Löw, Loeb, Loew. The name also appears in the forms, and Lyev.
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
- Lev Artsimovich (1909–1973), Soviet physicist
- Lev Berg (1876–1950), Soviet geographer, biologist and ichthyologist
- Lev Brovarskyi (1948–2009), Soviet football player and Ukrainian coach
- Lev Chernyi (died 1921), Russian individualist anarchist theorist, activist and poet
- Lev Dengov (born 1984), Russian politician and businessman
- Lev Dyomin (1926–1988), Soviet cosmonaut and Air Force colonel
- Lev Grossman (born 1969), American novelist and critic
- Lev Gumilyov (1912–1992), Soviet historian, ethnologist and anthropologist
- Lev Hakak (born 1944), Israeli-American academic, novelist and poet
- Lev Ivanov (1834–1901), Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet
- Lev Ivanov (football manager) (born 1967), Russian football manager
- Lev Korchebokov (1907–1971), Soviet football player and manager
- Lev Kamenev (1883–1936), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician
- Lev Kirshner (born 1969), American soccer player and coach
- Lev Kuleshov (1899–1970), Soviet filmmaker and film theorist
- Lev Khrshchonovich (1838–1907), chief architect of Kazan
- Lev Landau (1908–1968), Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate
- Lev Leshchenko (born 1940), Russian singer
- Lev Avnerovich Leviev (born 1956), Israeli businessman and philanthropist
- Lev Binzumovich Leviev (born 1984), Russian-Israeli Internet entrepreneur and investor
- Lev Loseff (1937–2009), Russian poet, literary critic, essayist and educator
- Lev Mei (1822–1862), Russian dramatist and poet
- Lev Naryshkin (1785–1846), Russian general in the Napoleonic Wars
- Lev Perovski (1792–1856), Russian count, mineralogist and Minister of Internal Affairs under Nicholas I
- Lev Pitaevskii (1933–2022), Soviet theoretical physicist
- Lev Polugaevsky (1934–1995), Soviet grandmaster and author
- Lev Pontryagin (1908–1988), Soviet mathematician
- Lev Russov (1926–1987), Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Lev Sedov (1906–1938), son of the Russian communist leader Leon Trotsky
- Lev Shatilo (born 1962), retired javelin thrower from the Soviet Union
- Lev Shcheglov (1946–2020), Russian physician
- Lev L. Spiro, American television and film director
- Lev Termen (1896–1993), often translated as Leon Theremin, Russian inventor
- Lev Tolstoy (1828–1910), often translated as Leo Tolstoy, Russian author
- Lev Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronshteyn) (1879–1940), often translated as Leon Trotsky, Russian economist and revolutionary
- Lev Vladimirovich Urusov (1877–1933), Russian prince, diplomat and tennis player
- Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934), Soviet psychologist
- Lev Weinstein (1916–2004), Soviet world champion and Olympic bronze medalist in shooting
- Lev Yashin (1929–1990), Soviet-Russian football goalkeeper
- Lev Yilmaz (born 1973), American independent filmmaker, artist and publisher
- Lev Zadov (1893–1938), Ukrainian counter-intelligence agent
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