as a Last Name
- 1,291
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Lev
Meaning & Origins
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): 1. from Slavic lev ‘lion’, which was used as an equivalent of the Yiddish personal name leyb (see Leib 1). 2. shortened form of Levy.
| 18,894th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,291
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wyoming
- has the most people named Lev per capita
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