Levan
Barely over 1,200 men in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one. The name comes from Greek and means "lion".
Levan Pronunciation
What Levan means
Where Levan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Levan comes from Greek, from leon, the word for lion. That fixes the meaning at the source, and Polish reads it plainly as lew. In Greek the lion signalled strength long before it named a boy. The lion comes first.
The Greek leon seeded a wide family of names across Europe: Leon, Leo, and the Latin Leonardus that stands behind Leonard. Levan keeps the lion at the front of its sound, a short form with an old animal inside. Different countries kept different shapes of the same beast.
Picture the name read out from a class register at a Polish school, sitting among the Kamils and the Jakubs. It is compact where the others run longer. Whatever the register holds, the meaning holds too: lion, or lew.
How many people are named Levan
1 in 17270 men in Poland is named Levan. 1,236 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #871 among male names.
Levan's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Levan is most popular
Levan is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 boys born+510%