Lion Names
Names that mean lion, lion-like, and other lion-related names.

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LION NAMES:

• UNISEX:

  1. ARIEL: Hebrew unisex name meaning "lion of god." It is the biblical name for the city of Jerusalem. It is also the name of a moon of Uranus, and the name of spirit in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest." 

• MALE:

  1. ANBESSA: Spanish name meaning "lion."

  2. ARELI: Hebrew biblical name of a son of Gad, meaning "lion of God."

  3. ARI: Hebrew name meaning "lion." 

  4. ARIEH: Hebrew biblical name meaning "lion." 

  5. ARYEH: Variant of Hebrew biblical Arieh, meaning "lion."

  6. ASAD: Arabic name meaning "lion."

  7. BABAR: Variant of Hindi Babur, meaning "lion."

  8. BABER: Variant of Hindi Babur, meaning "lion." 

  9. BABUR: Hindi name of Turkish origin, meaning "lion." 

  10. GORYOUN: Armenian name meaning "lion cub."

  11. HAIDAR: Arabic name meaning "lion." 

  12. HAIDER: Variant of Arabic Haidar, meaning "lion." 

  13. HAYDER: Variant of Arabic Haidar, meaning "lion." 

  14. HEYDAR: Persian form of Arabic Haidar, meaning "lion."

  15. HYDER: Variant of Arabic Haidar, meaning "lion."

  16. LAVI: Hebrew name meaning "lion."

  17. LEANDER: Latin form of Greek Leandros, myth name of the lover of Hero, meaning "lion-man." 
  18. LEANDRE (Léandre): French form of Latin Leander, meaning "lion-man." 
  19. LEANDRO: Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Leander, meaning "lion-man." 
  20. LEANDROS: "Lion-man." Original Greek form of Latin Leander, composed of the elements leon "lion" and aner "man." 

  21. LELLE: Pet form of Scandinavian Lennart, meaning "lion-strong."

  22. LEN: Nickname for English Leonard, meaning "lion-strong."
  23. LENARD: Variant of English Leonard, meaning "lion-strong."
  24. LENNARD: Variant of English Leonard, meaning "lion-strong."
  25. LENNART: Scandinavian form of German Leonhard, meaning "lion-strong."
  26. LENNE: Pet form of Scandinavian Lennart, meaning "lion-strong."
  27. LENNIE: Variant of English Lenny, meaning "lion-strong."

  28. LENNY: Pet form of English Leonard, meaning "lion-strong."

  29. LEO: Latin name derived from the Greek element leon, meaning "lion." Also serves as a nickname for English Leonard.

  30. LÉON: French form of Latin Leo, meaning "lion."
  31. LEON: Irish/Gaelic and German form of Latin Leo, meaning "lion."
  32. LÉONARD: French form of German Leonhard, meaning "lion-strong."
  33. LEONARD: English form of French Léonard, meaning "lion-strong." 
  34. LEONARDO: Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of German Leonhard, meaning "lion-strong."
  35. LEONAS: Lithuanian form of Leon, meaning "lion."
  36. LEONCE (Léonce): French form of Latin Leontius, meaning "lion-like."
  37. LEONCIO: Spanish form of Latin Leontius, meaning "lion-like."
  38. LEONE: Italian form of Leon, meaning "lion."
  39. LEONHARD: "Lion-strong." Old Germanic name composed of the elements leon "lion" and hard "strong."
  40. LEONID: Russian form of Greek Leonidas, meaning "lion's son."
  41. LEONIDE (Léonide): French form of Greek Leonidas, meaning "lion's son."
  42. LEONIDAS: Ancient Greek name meaning "lion's son."
  43. LEONHARDT: Variant of German Leonhard, meaning "lion-strong."
  44. LEONIUS: Roman family name derived from Latin leo, meaning "lion."
  45. LEONTI: Russian form of Latin Leontius, meaning "lion-like."
  46. LEONTINUS: Roman name derived from Latin Leontius, meaning "lion-like."
  47. LEONTIUS: "Lion-like." Late Latin name derived from Leo, "lion."
  48. LEONTY: Variant of Russian Leonti, meaning "lion-like."
  49. LEONZIO: Italian form of Latin Leontius, meaning "lion-like."

  50. LEOS: Czech form of Latin Leo, meaning "lion."

  51. LEV: Russian name meaning "lion." 

  52. LEVENT: Turkish name derived from the marines in the Ottoman military called Leventler ("the Levents"), meaning "the lions." 

  53. LEVON: Armenian form of Leon, meaning "lion."
  54. LEW: Polish form of Russian Lev, meaning "lion."

  55. LIONEL: Pet form of French Léon, meaning "lion." 

  56. LLEONARD: Catalan form of German Leonhard, meaning "lion-strong."

  57. LLEW: Welsh name meaning "lion." 

  58. LUAN: Albanian name meaning "lion."

  59. LYOV: Variant of Russian Lev, meaning "lion."

  60. NENNE: Pet form of Scandinavian Lennart, meaning "lion-strong."

  61. OSAMA: Variant of Arabic Usama, meaning "lion."

  62. OTHNIEL: Biblical name of a nephew of Caleb, meaning "lion of God." 

  63. PANTALEON: "All-lion." Greek name composed of the elements pantes "all" and leon "lion."
  64. PANTALEONE: Italian form of Greek Pantaleon, meaning "all-lion."

  65. SHER: Persian name meaning "lion."

  66. SIMBA: African Swahili name meaning "lion."

  67. SINGH: Hindi name meaning "lion."

  68. TAU: African Tswana name meaning "lion."

  69. USAMA: Arabic name meaning "lion."

  70. USAMAH: Variant of Arabic Usama, meaning "lion."

• FEMALE:

  1. ARIELLA: Feminine form of Hebrew unisex Ariel, meaning "lion of God."
  2. ARIELLE: Feminine form of Hebrew unisex Ariel, meaning "lion of God."
  3. LEANDRA: Feminine form of Latin Leander, meaning "lion-man." 
  4. LEOLA: Feminine form of Leo, meaning "lion." 
  5. LEONA: English and German feminine form of Leon, meaning "lion."
  6. LEONE: English variant of Leona, meaning "lion."
  7. LEONIE (Léonie): Feminine form of French Léon, meaning "lion."
  8. LEONNE (Léonne): Feminine form of French Léon, meaning "lion."
  9. LEONTINA: Feminine form of Roman Leontinus, meaning "lion-like."
  10. LEONTINE (Léontine): French form of Roman Leontina, meaning "lion-like."
  11. LEONTYNE: English variant of Roman Leontina, meaning "lion-like."