Levi
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From the Hebrew male personal name Levi, literally 'joining'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/liːvaɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Levi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- BRBrazil1 in 2.4K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 2.4K
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 9.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Levi itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 379 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈340,000 named Luo, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Brazil
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Лев in RU Russia, FI Finland, Lew in US United States, Luo in CN China and Lev in SE Sweden.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From the Hebrew male personal name Levi, literally 'joining'.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Levi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈340,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Luo | 199 |
| US United States | — | 136,747 | 1 in 2.4K | 136K | Lew | 379 |
| RU Russia | #115 | ≈98,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | #52 | Лев | 180 |
| BR Brazil | #745 | 88,228 | 1 in 2.4K | 88K | Levi | 148 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | — | Levi | 53 |
| FI Finland | #424 | 11,321as Leevi | 1 in 492 | 14K | Лев | 11 |
| SE Sweden | — | 7,165as Lo | 1 in 1.4K | 7.2K | Lev | 24 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Levi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Levi is a classic biblical name of Hebrew origin, meaning "joined" or "attached." It has a timeless appeal and has grown significantly in popularity. While traditionally a boy's name, its simple and strong sound has made it a popular choice for modern parents.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Levi is of Hebrew origin, derived from the root word that means "to join" or "to be attached". In the Old Testament, the name is associated with Jacob's son Levi, whose mother Leah expressed a hope that her husband would become attached to her (Genesis 29:34).
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A name with ancient biblical roots, Levi means 'joined' or 'attached.' In the New Testament, it is the name of an ancestor of Jesus, making it a choice with deep historical and religious significance.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Derived from the Hebrew root 'lavah' meaning 'to join' or 'to attach,' reflecting Leah's hope that her husband would be joined to her affectionately upon the birth of a third son.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Levi is of Hebrew origin and is understood to mean 'joined' or 'attached,' derived from the Hebrew verb 'lavah'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Levi P. Mortonb. 1824USvice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893 (1824–1920)
- Levi Straussb. 1829USGerman-Jewish-born American businessman (1829-1902)
- Levi Eshkolb. 1895ILIsraeli politician, a founder of the Israeli Labor Party and Prime Minister (1895-1969)
- Levi Stubbsb. 1936USAmerican singer, actor (1936–2008)
- Shyneb. 1978BZnot in their usual nameBelizean rapper and politician
- Benji Maddenb. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican rock musician
- Zachary Levib. 1980USAmerican actor (born 1980)
- Kevin Stewartb. 1993GBnot in their usual nameJamaican-English association football player
- Levi Millerb. 2002AUAustralian actor and model
- Levi Colwillb. 2003GBEnglish association football player (born 2003)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 129 sources across 64 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 7.7K | #4,486 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 7.5K | #4,731 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 6.6K | #4,915 |
Reference works 9
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Levi a male or female name?
- Levi is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Levi mean, and where does it come from?
- From the Hebrew male personal name Levi, literally 'joining'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Levi?
- A machine transcription gives /liːvaɪ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Levi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 338 thousand people named Luo in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Levi most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Levi is densest in Brazil — about 1 in 2.4 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- What are other forms of the name Levi?
- In the etymology graph, Leevi is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Levi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 136,747 people named Levi in 2020, about 1 in 2.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Levi compared with other names?
- In Russia, Levi is the 115th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Levi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/leviThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Levi” — the 115th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.