Given name & surname

Lévi

“joining”

Lévi is a given name from Latin. It is used in Czech.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Lévi goes back to Latin Levi, meaning “joining.”

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Where it comes from

Lévi comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From Latin Levi, from Ancient Greek Λευΐ, from Hebrew לוי.

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Lévi’s family of names

In French usage, Lévi has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Левий. In French usage, Lévi as a surname has a related form in Lévy.

Walk Lévi’s family in the name graph

LéviLeviLevíLévyЛевий

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Latin

Lemet

Lemet is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Northern Sami.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Swedish

Luuri

Luuri is a surname from Latin, ultimately from Swedish. It is used in Finnish.

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Llucí

Llucí is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Catalan.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Lelio

Lelio is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

95% boys · 5% girls

Ancient Greek

Lleshdër

Lleshdër is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Albanian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Lesende

“fight”

No U.S. birth series

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Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Davíð

Davíð is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Léo

“lion”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Lévi’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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