Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings French : Baby rabbitHebrew : United Boy name variations Leverett Leveret Leverit Leveritt Levi Levey Levin Levon Levy How Popular Is The Name Lev Family name origins & meanings Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Slavic lev ‘lion’, which was used as an equivalent of the Yiddish personal name leyb (see Leib 1).Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : shortened form of Levy.