| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "attached", "joining" |
Levi is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. It is the name of the biblical figure Levi (Hebrew: לֵוִי, Levī), son of Jacob and founder of the Israelite tribe of Levi. The name is derived from the Hebrew verb לוה ("Lava"), meaning "to join" or "connect".[1]
Levi may refer to:
- Levi Addison Ault, Canadian/American businessman
- Levi Bellfield (born 1968), British murderer
- Levi Boone, American politician and mayor of Chicago
- Levi Casboult, Australian rules footballer
- Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and lyricist
- Levi Coffin, American educator and a white abolitionist
- Levi Eshkol, Israeli politician and Prime Minister of Israel
- Levi Fetters (1831–1893), American politician from Pennsylvania
- Levi Grant, American politician
- Levi Johnson, American cornerback
- Levi Johnston, American model and actor
- Levi B. Kaler (1828–1906), American politician from Pennsylvania
- Levi Leipheimer, American professional road bicycle racer
- Levi Leiter, American businessman
- Levi Lewis (disambiguation), multiple people
- Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary and statesman
- Levi Lincoln, Jr., American lawyer and politician
- Levi R. Mearns (died 1896), American politician from Maryland
- Levi Onwuzurike (born 1998), American football player
- Levi Miller (born 2002), Australian Actor and Model
- Levi P. Morton, American politician and Vice President of the United States
- Levi Psavkin, Israeli Olympic runner
- Levi Ponce, American painter
- Levi Porter, English football player
- Levi Prizer (1819–1875), American politician from Pennsylvania
- Levi Randolph (born 1992), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Levi Romero, Venezuelan baseball player
- Levi Seacer Jr., American musician
- Levi Strauss, German-Jewish-American inventor of blue jeans
- Levi Stubbs, American singer
- Levi Twiggs, American officer
- Levi Wallace (born 1995), American football player
- Levi Woodbury, American politician and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, Rabbi and Hasidic leader
- Levi Savage Jr. (1820-1910), American missionary to Asia for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Leader and pioneer in the Willie-Martin Handcart company.
Fictional characters
- Levi Ackerman, a fictional character in the Attack on Titan manga.
- Levi the Slasher, video game character.
- Levi Stewart, a fictional character in the novel Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell.
- Levi, a fictional character in E.L. James' novel Fifty Shades of Grey.
- Levi Weston, a fictional character in Power Rangers Ninja Steel.
- Levi Fisher, main character of Siren in which he is seen as a brown-skinned merman warrior and is later given his name by some human friends
- Levi Boulder, a fictional character in the novel Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery.
- Levi Schmitt, a fictional character in the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy
See also
- Levy (disambiguation), includes list of people with the given name
- Levi (surname)
- Levy (surname)
References
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