Levin

Where Levin comes from

From Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levine.
— Wiktionary's entry for Levin
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1745
    Levin August von Bennigsen born
    German-Russian general
  2. 1889
    Debut at its peak, #878
    #878 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1996
    Levin Öztunalı born
    Turkish-German association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Levin Öztunalı · Turkish-German association football player, born 1996
  • Levin August von Bennigsen · German-Russian general, 1745–1826
  • Levin Schücking · German writer, 1814–1883
  • Levin Rauch · Ban of Croatia, 1819–1890
  • Levin Goldschmidt · German jurist and academic, 1829–1897

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.