Given name & surname
Levina
“resembling a lightning bolt”
Levina is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “resembling a lightning bolt.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “resembling a lightning bolt.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Levina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 631
- 0 boys · 631 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #6,239 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,239 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 410 as a first name in 2020; 365 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Levina’s family of names
Levina has a related form in Leveana. Levina has a related form in Leveena. Levina has a related form in Leveina.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 Levina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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