Meaning and history
Lev is a masculine name with separate Hebrew and Slavic roots. In Hebrew it means “heart,” while the Russian and related Slavic form corresponds to Leo and means “lion.” Russian novelist Lev Tolstoy and Soviet physicist Lev Landau are among its most famous bearers.
20062006: 42 births, rank #2,744
2007: 42 births, rank #2,811
2008: 47 births, rank #2,632
2009: 58 births, rank #2,252
2010: 69 births, rank #1,986
20112011: 75 births, rank #1,866
2012: 76 births, rank #1,891
2013: 98 births, rank #1,578
2014: 110 births, rank #1,473
2015: 138 births, rank #1,287
20162016: 156 births, rank #1,208
2017: 140 births, rank #1,293
2018: 184 births, rank #1,077
2019: 208 births, rank #1,004
2020: 178 births, rank #1,109
20212021: 203 births, rank #1,054
2022: 219 births, rank #1,015
2023: 197 births, rank #1,088
2024: 215 births, rank #1,035
20252025: 227 births, rank #999
In 2025, 227 babies were recorded with the name Lev, ranking #999 among boys.