Lev
[lɛv]Meaning
means "lion" in Russian and Ukrainian; means "heart" in Hebrew
Background Story
Lev means "lion" in Russian and Ukrainian, where it functions as a vernacular form of Leo. It is also a Hebrew name meaning "heart". The Russian name was borne by the author Leo Tolstoy and by Leon Trotsky, and it is the name of the main character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Idiot.
Temperament
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