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Why not just use a name that means lion such as Leo, Leonid, Leon, or Lev?

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Tiger is a boring cat name to me.

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Wolf can be a nickname for Wolfgang.

There is a Scottish football player called Leon King. Wolf I can see as a name. Though not one I would choose. There are names that mean Lion though if that was what you wanted and Tiger sounds like a nickname. It also reminds me of a series I watched as a child in the 1980s called Thundercats with Lion-O, Tygra, Cheetarah, Panthro, Wiley Kit, Wiley Cat and Snarf amongst others. Apart from Snarf they were human/cat hybrids. Snarf was more like a pet domestic cat.

I hate it.

There are plenty of names with the meaning wolf, tiger, and lion, that you don't have to go for the literal words.

Don't like any of these for people

Wolf only works if your last name is Blitzer. Seriously, isn't Wolf Blitzer the coolest name?

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Tiger sounds like a name some boozy bar customer would call a strange man she wants to go home with.

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Lion just doesn't sound like a name.

I think Wolf is the most reasonable of the three, because it could also be short for Wolfgang or Wolfram. I wouldn't personally use it, but if I were to, I would spell it Wolfe because it's a family name. Lion could be short for Lionel, and I don't hate it, though it's a little out there for my taste. Leon might be a more practical choice. I think Tiger is a little tacky, but the right person could pull it off. It would be best as a middle name in my opinion.