Levon

given name · Latin script

Meaning: U.S.: of unknown origin; possibly an unexplained variant of Levi

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ləvən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Levon is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country, where it is the 17th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • ECEcuador1 in 177as Leon(measured from records)
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 260as Leon
  • PEPeru≈1 in 306as Leon

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 Levon 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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈170,000 named Leon, est.

#231 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

7 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
566 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 177 (inferred from the name graph)

Ecuador, as Leon

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

LeonLatin(measured from records)
ΛεωνGreek(measured from records)
ԼևոնArmenian(measured from records)
레오Hangul(measured from records)
ლეოGeorgian(measured from records)
เล้วอนThai(measured from records)
ЛеонCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Leon in PE Peru, PH Philippines, VE Venezuela and 2 more and Leo in NO Norway, CN China.

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)

U.S.: of unknown origin; possibly an unexplained variant of Levi.

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Levon, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Levon 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.

Where Levon is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines#17≈170,000 est.≈1 in 651listedLeon174
CN China—≈130,000 est.≈1 in 11K—Leo99
VE Venezuela#45≈110,000 est.≈1 in 260—Leon119
ID Indonesia—≈100,000 est.≈1 in 2.6K—Leon103
PE Peru#36≈100,000 est.≈1 in 306—Leon145
EC Ecuador#795,574as Leon1 in 17796KLeon102
CR Costa Rica—20,674as Leon1 in 24721K—110
NO Norway—12,712as Lien1 in 43017KLeo61

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: INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Levon is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

    Also written Левон, Лёвон, Levón

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Lévon, Levón

  • Estonian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Russia, Estonia, Sweden

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Levón

  • Bulgarian given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Russia, United States

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian

    Also written Левон

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Levon is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Russian, var of Leontii.

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

  • In Finnish, genitive singular of lepo

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Hungarian, to deduct

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

18501900195020002050Levon Shant, b. 1869Levon Mirzoyan, b. 1897Levon Helm, b. 1940Levon Ter-Petrosyan, b. 1945Levon Minassian, b. 1953Levon Julfalakyan, b. 1964Levon Aronian, b. 1982Levon Babujian, b. 1986Levon Hayrapetyan, b. 1989Levon Hawke, b. 2002

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)

InformalHi Levon,

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 62 sources across 33 countries.

Official registers attesting Levon
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—66#10,138
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)19611—

Reference works 4

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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

How do you pronounce Levon?
A machine transcription gives /ləvən/ (IPA) for English.
What are other forms of the name Levon?
In the etymology graph, Leo, Leoncio and Léo are forms of the same name in other languages.
What does the name Levon mean, and where does it come from?
U.S.: of unknown origin; possibly an unexplained variant of Levi. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
Is Levon a male or female name?
Levon 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.
In which country does Levon have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 168 thousand people named Leon in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Levon most common?
No national register we hold counts the spelling Levon itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Ecuador's: the national register counts about 1 in 177 people named Leon.
How common is the name Levon?
In Ecuador, the national register counted 95,574 people named Leon in 2024, about 1 in 177 residents.
How common is Levon compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Levon is the 17th most common surname of 876,464 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Levon” — the 17th most common surname in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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