What is the name meaning of LION. Phrases containing LION
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LION
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Polish
Polish : from the personal name Lew ‘lion’, adopted as a translation of Leon (see Lyon 2).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Lev.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hill or burial-mound, Old English hlǣw, or a habitational name from Lew in Oxfordshire, named with this word.Chinese : variant of Liu 1.
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English Shakespearean
Lion. The lion is a figure in art and religious symbolism of many cultures; symbolizing...
Male
Arthurian
, (Sir), Launcelot's cousin.
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English and French (Léonard)
English and French (Léonard) : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements leo ‘lion’ (a late addition to the vocabulary of Germanic name elements, taken from Latin) + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, which was taken to England by the Normans. A saint of this name, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th century, but about whom nothing is known except for a largely fictional life dating from half a millennium later, was popular throughout Europe in the early Middle Ages and was regarded as the patron of peasants and horses.Irish (Fermanagh) : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhionáin or of Langan.Americanized form of Italian Leonardo or cognate forms in other European languages.The French Léonard family were at Château Richer, Quebec, by 1698, having come from Maine, France.
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English
English : variant spelling of Lyon 1–3.French : variant of Lyon 1.French : habitational name from places in Calvados, Loire, and Meuse named with Lion.
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American, Australian, British, English, German
Lion; The Lion is a Figure in Art and Religious Symbolism of Many Cultures; Symbolizing Kingliness and Grandeur and Courage
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French, German, Latin
Young Lion
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American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Latin, Swiss
Young Lion; Form of Leonard; Like a Lion
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English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : much reduced and altered form of the medieval French nickname coeur de lion ‘lion heart’. Compare Codling.Probably a variant of German Gierling, itself a variant of Gerling.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from Hastings, a place in Sussex, on the south coast of England, near which the English army was defeated by the Normans in 1066. It is named from Old English HÇ£stingas ‘people of HÇ£sta’. The surname was taken to Scotland under William the Lion in the latter part of the 12th century. It also assimilated some instances of the native Scottish surname Harestane (see Hairston).English : variant of Hasting.Irish (Connacht) : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hOistÃn ‘descendant of OistÃn’, the Gaelic form of Augustine (see Austin).
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English
English : from Middle English, Old French lepard ‘leopard’ (from Late Latin leopardus, a compound of leo ‘lion’ + pardus ‘panther’), probably applied as a nickname or as a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a leopard.
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Australian, French, German, Italian
Lioness
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Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Lion-like
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American, British, English, French
Young Lion
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French American Latin Arthurian Legend English
Young lion.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant spelling of Low.German (Löwe) : see Loewe.Jewish (Ashkenazic; Löwe) : ornamental name from German Löwe ‘lion’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Germanized form of Levy.
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English
English : variant spelling of Gardener.Lion Gardiner came from England in 1635 to Saybrook, CT, the settlement of Earl of Warwick patentees at the mouth of the Connecticut River, and built a fort there. Born in 1636, his son, David, was the first white child born in the settlement. Lion later bought the Isle of Wight, now Gardiners Island, from the Indians, and moved his family there until 1653, when he bought land in what is now Easthampton, Long Island, NY.
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Southern Italian
Southern Italian : nickname for a fierce or brave warrior, from Latin leo ‘lion’.Italian : from a short form of the personal name Pantaleo.Jewish : from the personal name Leo (from Latin leo ‘lion’), borrowed from Christians as an equivalent of Hebrew Yehuda (see Leib 3).English : from the Old French personal name Leon ‘lion’ (see Lyon 2).Spanish : variant or derivative of the personal name Leon.Dutch : from Latin leo ‘lion’, applied either a nickname for a strong or fearless man or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a lion; or alternatively from a personal name of the same derivation.German and Hungarian (Leó) : Latinized form of Löwe (see Loewe).
Male
Arthurian
, (Sir), cousin to Lancelot.
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English
English : nickname, perhaps for a messenger, from Middle English gÅ(n) ‘to go’ (Old English gÄn) + lihtly ‘lightly’, ‘swiftly’ (Old English lÄ“oht(lÄ«c)).Scottish : altered form of a surname of uncertain origin, possibly an unidentified habitational name. The earliest known bearer is William Galithli, who witnessed a charter at the beginning of the 13th century. Henry Gellatly, an illegitimate son of William the Lion, of whom little or nothing is known, was the grandfather of Patric Galythly, one of the pretenders to the crown of Scotland in 1291.Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac an Ghallóglaigh ‘son of the galloglass’, Irish gallóglach. A galloglass was a mercenary retainer or auxiliary soldier (a compound of gall ‘foreigner’ (see Gall 1) + óglach ‘youth’, ‘warrior’). The name is also found pseudo-translated as English.
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Tamil
Beautiful
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Hindu, Indian
King of Gods
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Tamil
Armour
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Indian
Goddess Gayatri
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Brave and Joyous
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Hindu, Indian
Altruism; Advantage; Virtue; Accord; Heart; Warm and Loving; For You are Blessed with Many
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American, Australian, Greek
Upholder of the Good; Wealthy; Gift; Possesses a Lot; Similar to Darin
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Indian, Sanskrit
With a Single Twisted Lock of Hair
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Tamil
Powerful
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Gaelic
Ireland.
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n.
A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo.
n.
The state of being a lion.
a.
Like a lion; fierce.
a.
Like a lion; brave as a lion.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lionize
n.
The whelp of a lioness; a young lion.
a.
Adorned with lions' heads; having arms terminating in lions' heads; -- said of a cross.
n.
A small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms.
pl.
of Lion's tooth
v. t.
To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest.
n.
An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time.
imp. & p. p.
of Lionize
n.
State of being a lion.
n.
An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding as a lion.
n.
A female lion.
n.
A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, called the maneless lion, the male has only a slight mane.
v. t.
To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.
n.
A young or small lion.