Dog Names That Mean Lion
Names meaning lion or lion-hearted.
Lion-meaning names have been used across every culture that knew the lion. Latin Leo and Leonidas, Greek Leon, Hebrew Ariel ("lion of God") and Aryeh, Arabic Asad and Hamza, Swahili Simba, Sanskrit Singh ("lion"). King Richard I of England earned the epithet "Lionheart" — many dogs since have inherited the name. The list below pulls every name meaning lion or lion-hearted.
36 dog names with meaning related to "lion"
| # | Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ari | Lion | Male | Hebrew | |
| 2 | Aria | Lion | Female | Hebrew | |
| 3 | Charmaine | Variant Of Charles Manly. One Of Cleopatra's Attendants In Shakespeare's Antony And Cleopatra Was Named Charmian. | Female | Latin | |
| 4 | Cleo | Short form of Cleopatra and other Greek names containing kleos, glory | Female | English from Greek | |
| 5 | Davinci | After Leonardo Da Vinci | Unisex | English | |
| 6 | Dillon | Like A Lion. | Male | Welsh | |
| 7 | Gur | Youthful lion | Male | Hebrew | |
| 8 | Kefira | Young lion | Female | Hebrew | |
| 9 | Label | Lion | Male | Hebrew | |
| 10 | Leander | Lion Man | Male | Greek | |
| 11 | Leandra | Lion Man | Female | Greek | |
| 12 | Len | Brave lion | Male | German | |
| 13 | Lenny | Brave lion | Unisex | German | |
| 14 | Leo | Latin for 'lion' | Male | Latin | |
| 15 | Leola | Lion | Female | Latin | |
| 16 | Leon | Lion | Male | Latin | |
| 17 | Leona | Lion | Female | Latin | |
| 18 | Leonard | Strong as the lion | Male | Germanic | |
| 19 | Leonardo | Strong as the lion | Male | Germanic | |
| 20 | Leone | Lion | Male | Latin | |
| 21 | Leonel | Lion | Male | Latin | |
| 22 | Leonidas | Lion-like | Male | Greek | |
| 23 | Leonie | Lion | Female | English | |
| 24 | Leontyne | Lion | Female | Latin | |
| 25 | Levia | Lionness of the Lord | Female | Hebrew | |
| 26 | Liona | Lioness | Female | Italian | |
| 27 | Lionel | Lion | Male | Latin | |
| 28 | Ly | Lion | Unisex | Vietnamese | |
| 29 | Mufasa | From The Lion King | Unisex | English | |
| 30 | Nantale | Clan Totem Is A Lion | Female | African | |
| 31 | Nardo | Strong: Hardy. Abbreviation Of Bernardo And Leonardo. | Male | English | |
| 32 | Panther | A black leopard | Unisex | English | |
| 33 | Scar | From The Lion King | Unisex | English | |
| 34 | Simba | “Lion” in Swahili; the same spelling can mean “power, strength” in Shona | Unisex | Swahili and Shona words with different meanings | |
| 35 | Singh | Lion | Male | Indian | |
| 36 | Tawnie | A Green Field: The Warm Sandy Color Of A Lion's Coat. | Female | English |
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