Given name & surname
Levent
“one who rises above”
Levent is a variant of Levant. One French interpretation is “one who rises above.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Levent is a variant of Levant. One French interpretation is “one who rises above.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Levent is a variant of Levant. An origin associated with Levant is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish لوند, from Classical Persian لوند (lavand, “flirtatious”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Levent through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 135
- 135 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 500 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.
Levent’s family of names
Levent has a related form in Levant. In Greek usage, Levent as a surname is a transliteration of Λεβέντ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Levent
- Levent MercanTurkish-German association football player (born 2000)
- Levent AyçiçekTurkish-German association football player (born 1994)
- Levent KırcaTurkish actor (1950–2015)
- Levent YükselTurkish singer (born 1964)
- Levent ÜzümcüTurkish actor (born 1972)
- Levent GülenTurkish association football player (born 1994)
- Levent TuncatOlympic taekwondo practitionerborn 1988
- Levent ÜlgenTurkish actor (born 1962)
- Levent TopsakalTurkish basketball player and coach (born 1966)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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