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“lion”

12 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. 11 of them open a name against 1 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 4 different families, from real world outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Russian, has 3.

Russian


Real world

Lev initial · Ruslan initial · Ruslana initial

  • Lev Vitalyevich

    Lev lion + vitalyevich son of Vitaly

    lion, son of Vitaly

  • Lev Trofimovich

    Lev lion + trofimovich son of Trofim

    lion, son of Trofim

  • Lev Maksimovich

    Lev lion + maksimovich son of Maksim

    lion, son of Maksim

  • Ruslan Savvich

    Ruslan lion + savvich son of Savva

    lion, son of Savva

  • Ruslan Yefimovich

    Ruslan lion + yefimovich son of Yefim

    lion, son of Yefim

  • Ruslan Anatolyevich

    Ruslan lion + anatolyevich son of Anatoly

    lion, son of Anatoly

  • Ruslana Anatolyevna

    Ruslana lion + anatolyevna daughter of Anatoly

    lion, daughter of Anatoly

  • Ruslana Gennadyevna

    Ruslana lion + gennadyevna daughter of Gennady

    lion, daughter of Gennady

  • Ruslana Yakovlevna

    Ruslana lion + yakovlevna daughter of Yakov

    lion, daughter of Yakov

Griffin


Creatures

Leo initial · Leona initial

  • Leolind

    Leo lion + lind lime shield

    lion lime shield

  • Leowulf

    Leo lion + wulf wolf

    lion wolf

  • Leoswind

    Leo lion + swind strong

    lion strong

  • Leonaalda

    Leona lion + alda old

    lion old

  • Leonagrima

    Leona lion + grima mask

    lion mask

  • Leonaebura

    Leona lion + ebura boar

    lion boar

Arabic


Real world

Layth initial

  • Layth Ibn Sultan

    Layth lion + ibn sultan son of Sultan

    lion, son of Sultan

  • Layth Ibn Qasim

    Layth lion + ibn qasim son of Qasim

    lion, son of Qasim

  • Layth Ibn Tahir

    Layth lion + ibn tahir son of Tahir

    lion, son of Tahir

French


Real world

Léon initial

  • Léonet

    Léon lion + et little

    lion little

  • Léonolphe

    Léon lion + olphe wolf

    lion wolf

  • Léonram

    Léon lion + ram raven

    lion raven

Greek


Real world

Leo initial

  • Leoboulos

    Leo lion + boulos counsel

    lion counsel

  • Leoxenos

    Leo lion + xenos stranger

    lion stranger

  • Leoponos

    Leo lion + ponos toil

    lion toil

Indian


Real world

sinh final

  • Vishalsinh

    Vishal vast + sinh lion

    vast lion

  • Virsinh

    Vir hero + sinh lion

    hero lion

  • Rishisinh

    Rishi seer + sinh lion

    seer lion

Middle


People

Leo initial

  • Leo Rowley

    Leo lion + rowley rough meadow

    lion, rough meadow

  • Leo Bradford

    Leo lion + bradford broad ford

    lion, broad ford

  • Leo Hampton

    Leo lion + hampton home settlement

    lion, home settlement

Paladin


Tabletop

Leon initial

  • Leonlind

    Leon lion + lind shield

    lion shield

  • Leonfast

    Leon lion + fast steadfast

    lion steadfast

  • Leonnand

    Leon lion + nand daring

    lion daring

Welsh


Real world

Llew initial

  • Llewbren

    Llew lion + bren king

    lion king

  • Llewddu

    Llew lion + ddu dark

    lion dark

  • Llewnant

    Llew lion + nant stream

    lion stream

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “lion”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

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