Meaning & History
Means "lion" in Yiddish, from Old High German lewo. This was a vernacular form of Arieh.
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesLeon, Leontios, Leontius(Ancient Greek) Leo, Levon(Armenian) Leo, Leon(Croatian) Leoš(Czech) Leo(Danish) Leo, Leon, Lio(Dutch) Leo, Leon(English) Leo(Estonian) Leo(Finnish) Léo, Léon, Léonce(French) Levan(Georgian) Leo, Leon, Lio(German) Leon(Greek) Leone(Italian) Leo(Late Roman) Leons(Latvian) Leontes(Literature) Leonas(Lithuanian) Leo(Norwegian) Leon, Lew(Polish) Leão(Portuguese) Leonti, Leontiy, Leonty, Lev, Lyov(Russian) Leon(Slovene) León, Leoncio(Spanish) Leo(Swedish)
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