Type Word Usage Old Slavic (Hypothetical) Scripts льбъ(Church Slavic) Meaning & History Slavic word meaning "lion" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesleon(Ancient Greek) leo(Ancient Roman) lewo(Frankish) lewo(Old Dutch) lewo(Old Germanic) lewo(Old High German) Given Name DescendantsLew(Polish) Lev, Lyov(Russian) Sources & References Trubachyov, Oleg. Etimologicheskiy Slovar Slavyanskikh Yazykov (vol. 17). Moscow, 1974-, page 105.