Levi

Where Levi comes from

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (lēwî), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Lewi.
— Wiktionary's entry for Levi
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1824
    Levi P. Morton born
    vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #118 among boys — 112 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1895
    Levi Eshkol born
    Israeli politician, a founder of the Israeli Labor Party and Prime Minister
  4. 2022
    Peak, #12
    9,869 babies named Levi — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2022
    The comeback
    Back to #12 after sinking to #721 in 1965.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Levi Eshkol · Israeli politician, a founder of the Israeli Labor Party and Prime Minister, 1895–1969
  • Levi P. Morton · vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893, 1824–1920
  • Levi Strauss · German-Jewish-born American businessman, 1829–1902
  • Levi Colwill · English association football player, born 2003
  • Levi Leipheimer · American cyclist, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.