Leva as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Leva

What is the meaning of the name Leva ?

The baby name Leva is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced LEH-vah (ˈlɛvə),LEE-vah (ˈliːvə),LAY-vah (ˈleɪvə).

Leva is Georgian, Slavic in Origin.

Leva is a cross-cultural given name with several roots. In Eastern Slavic and Armenian usage, it serves as a familiar or diminutive form - later sometimes a standalone - of Lev/Levon, ultimately from Greek Leon and Latin Leo meaning “lion.” Russian records show Лёва (Lyova), commonly transliterated as Leva, in steady colloquial use through the 19th–20th centuries, and the short form occasionally became formalized as an independent name.

Elsewhere, Leva overlaps with Scandinavian and Baltic short forms like Liva/Līva (linked to Olivia and to Old Norse líf, “life”), and in South Asia it can reflect the epic name Lava/Luv (son of Rāma), rendered Leva in some community traditions. Owing to these pathways, Leva appears as a unisex choice. Related variants and cognates include Lev, Lyova, Levon, Leo, Leon, Liva, Līva, and Lava. Meanings gravitate toward “lion” and “life.”