Given name
Levente
“existing”
Levente is used as a given name. One Hungarian interpretation is “existing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hungarian interpretation is “existing.”
Where it comes from
Levente is a variant of Levant. An origin associated with Levant is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Levente through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 48
- 48 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 225 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.
Levente’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Levente has a diminutive in Levi. Levente has a related form in Levant.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Levente
- Levente LengyelHungarian chess player (1933–2014)
- LeventeMember of the House of Árpád, son of Vazul (died 1047)1010–1047
- Levente SzuperHungarian ice hockey player (born 1980)
- Levente VajdaRomanian chess player (1981–)
- Levente SzabóHungarian footballer (1999–)
- Levente MolnárHungarian actor and casting director from Romania (1976–)
- Levente Balázs MartosHungarian Catholic bishop (1973–)
- Levente RizHungarian politician, historian (1974–2019)
- Levente SchultzHungarian association football player (born 1977)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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