Liev
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEE-ev
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Liev is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Liev mean?
Slavic: variant of Russian Lev
“lion”
Variant of Lev, the Russian first name of novelist Leo Tolstoy.
Is Liev a girl's or a boy's name?
Liev is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Liev in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Liev, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 58 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Liev in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Liev in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,278 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,883 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
Names like Liev
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ledger Legend Atlas Lennox Shepherd Hendrix Lev Kylo Archer Wilder Beckett Wylder
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri Milah
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Liev: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/liev, updated 20 October 2026.