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Arye (male)

Lesser Synonym(s):Leib (M) Leo (M) Leon (M) Löwe (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Jewish, from Hebrew "lion"; OT Genesis 49:9.

The Yiddish Leib, German Löwe and Leo/Leon also mean "lion". As the source for Are is different we classify these as lesser synonyms.
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