Given name
Leevi
“loyal, faithful”
Leevi is a masculine given name, possibly from Biblical Hebrew and perhaps meaning “loyal, faithful.” It is used in Finnish and Estonian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leevi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 812
- 812 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #4,203 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,203 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 57 in 2013. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 588 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leevi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Leevi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Levi.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
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.
People named Leevi
- Leevi MadetojaFinnish composer (1887–1947)
- Leevi LehtoFinnish poet, translator, programmer and publisher (1951-2019)
- Leevi MutruFinnish nordic combined skierborn 1995
- Leevi KuuranneFinnish actor (1915-1965)
- Leevi MeriläinenFinnish ice hockey playerborn 2002
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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