Levi Forename
6,121st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 171,618 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Jamaica
Levi Forename Definition:
Hebrew, ‘joining,’ it is now bestowed only by the Jews. The Biblical Leah thus named her third son, who, she hoped, would unite her husband more closely to her; Hebrew lawah, ‘hanging upon,’ is the radical whence comes Leah itself.
Levi Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 39,838 | 1:5,378 | 717 |
| United States | 100% | 28,931 | 1:12,531 | 1,244 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 13,645 | 1:13,013 | 1,566 |
| Philippines | 82% | 11,309 | 1:9,374 | 1,289 |
| Uganda | 99% | 10,165 | 1:4,029 | 493 |
| Kenya | 100% | 6,462 | 1:7,166 | 1,014 |
| Sudan | 100% | 5,553 | 1:6,808 | 990 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 4,588 | 1:16,091 | 1,424 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Indonesia | 65% | 3,415 | 1:75,538 | 8,929 |
| Mexico | 87% | 3,302 | 1:37,597 | 1,651 |
| Malawi | 100% | 3,300 | 1:5,186 | 751 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,203 | 1:900 | 232 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93% | 2,394 | 1:3,405 | 375 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,175 | 1:5,228 | 928 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,815 | 1:18,255 | 1,717 |
| England | 77% | 1,635 | 1:34,008 | 1,834 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,620 | 1:16,646 | 1,564 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,612 | 1:13,406 | 1,408 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,502 | 1:20,108 | 1,691 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,454 | 1:3,034 | 418 |
| Peru | 93% | 1,295 | 1:24,549 | 1,796 |
| Zimbabwe | 89% | 1,241 | 1:12,429 | 1,579 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 991 | 1:31,092 | 3,837 |
| India | 75% | 927 | 1:1,310,548 | 78,523 |
| Namibia | - | 927 | 1:2,594 | 468 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 782 | 1:21,614 | 2,024 |
| Zambia | - | 636 | 1:24,929 | 1,991 |
| Congo | 100% | 635 | 1:7,889 | 1,068 |
| Chile | 63% | 583 | 1:30,201 | 1,358 |
| South Africa | 97% | 582 | 1:93,699 | 7,786 |
| Portugal | - | 517 | 1:20,137 | 960 |
| Australia | - | 513 | 1:26,623 | 1,669 |
| Honduras | 100% | 494 | 1:17,849 | 1,374 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Romania | 100% | 477 | 1:42,038 | 2,518 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 462 | 1:114,260 | 6,048 |
| Colombia | 90% | 434 | 1:110,090 | 3,444 |
| Guatemala | 90% | 419 | 1:38,445 | 1,504 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Chad | 100% | 371 | 1:36,653 | 3,873 |
| Spain | 100% | 357 | 1:130,336 | 3,314 |
| Belgium | 100% | 338 | 1:33,994 | 2,026 |
| New Zealand | - | 331 | 1:13,704 | 1,267 |
| El Salvador | - | 307 | 1:20,657 | 1,070 |
| Thailand | 100% | 273 | 1:256,651 | 15,428 |
| Nicaragua | 87% | 267 | 1:22,541 | 1,605 |
| Gabon | - | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 229 | 1:5,945 | 996 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Ecuador | - | 210 | 1:84,414 | 2,271 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| China | - | 194 | 1:7,041,525 | 59,360 |
| Norway | 100% | 193 | 1:26,592 | 1,425 |
| Guyana | 100% | 188 | 1:4,060 | 774 |
| Poland | - | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 165 | 1:111,391 | 5,862 |
| Sweden | 99% | 163 | 1:60,478 | 3,001 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 148 | 1:70,482 | 4,180 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 135 | 1:4,303 | 573 |
| Costa Rica | 95% | 124 | 1:38,451 | 1,927 |
| Argentina | 76% | 100 | 1:427,732 | 3,445 |
| Italy | 84% | 88 | 1:693,887 | 6,706 |
| Wales | 92% | 84 | 1:36,837 | 1,500 |
| Denmark | - | 82 | 1:68,896 | 2,316 |
| Finland | 100% | 79 | 1:69,407 | 1,988 |
| Ivory Coast | 94% | 79 | 1:292,100 | 12,939 |
| Benin | 100% | 78 | 1:135,588 | 7,479 |
| Belize | 100% | 77 | 1:4,601 | 949 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Russia | 77% | 74 | 1:1,949,104 | 13,269 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 72 | 1:422,916 | 19,438 |
| Paraguay | 97% | 68 | 1:106,424 | 2,579 |
| Bahamas | - | 67 | 1:5,961 | 839 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 65 | 1:1,717 | 320 |
| Scotland | 91% | 65 | 1:82,313 | 2,093 |
| Germany | 100% | 59 | 1:1,638,608 | 10,387 |
| Panama | 100% | 59 | 1:66,213 | 3,892 |
| Qatar | 100% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| France | 100% | 53 | 1:1,254,157 | 8,945 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 50 | 1:1,097 | 247 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 49 | 1:1,003 | 226 |
| Georgia | 100% | 47 | 1:79,542 | 3,191 |
| Barbados | - | 44 | 1:6,586 | 871 |
| Japan | - | 40 | 1:3,199,651 | 23,520 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 40 | 1:178,800 | 11,813 |
| Hungary | 100% | 29 | 1:337,647 | 1,450 |
| Grenada | 100% | 22 | 1:4,915 | 816 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Singapore | 67% | 20 | 1:314,353 | 9,609 |
| Haiti | 100% | 19 | 1:564,576 | 12,776 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 19 | 1:1,251,036 | 42,396 |
| Hong Kong | - | 17 | 1:456,043 | 4,226 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 17 | 1:201,626 | 3,724 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 16 | 1:6,859 | 1,021 |
| Switzerland | 85% | 15 | 1:547,566 | 8,396 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 13 | 1:156,923 | 11,892 |
| Turkey | 100% | 13 | 1:5,984,747 | 24,872 |
| Cape Verde | - | 12 | 1:44,096 | 2,193 |
| Ireland | 92% | 11 | 1:422,138 | 6,488 |
| Israel | 93% | 11 | 1:763,902 | 12,174 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| Cambodia | 63% | 10 | 1:1,627,333 | 20,911 |
| Albania | 73% | 9 | 1:338,508 | 14,218 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Czechia | 100% | 9 | 1:1,184,018 | 3,740 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Afghanistan | - | 8 | 1:4,077,940 | 25,891 |
| Bolivia | - | 7 | 1:1,514,486 | 3,962 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 7 | 1:8,757 | 1,332 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Pakistan | 88% | 6 | 1:32,392,947 | 130,865 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Belarus | 67% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Nepal | 67% | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Senegal | 67% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 2 | 1:121,711 | 2,524 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Lévi (843), Leví (46) & Lèvi (9) are calculated separately.
Levi (49,003) may also be a surname.
Levi Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Hebrew, ‘joining,’ it is now bestowed only by the Jews. The Biblical Leah thus named her third son, who, she hoped, would unite her husband more closely to her; Hebrew lawah, ‘hanging upon,’ is the radical whence comes Leah itself.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Le'-vy, held, associated. 1. The third son of Jacob and Leah, born in Mesopotamia, A. M. 2254. Gen. xxix. 34. The tribe descending from him was chosen by God for the temple service. 2. The name of St Matthew. Mark ii. 14.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: joined.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Arabic name, meaning: Priest. (Hebrew) A joining: adherence: concord.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Levi Forename Popularity
Levi Demographics
Average Levi Salary in
United States
$39,933 USD
Per year
Rank:
251,841 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00688787
Rank: 1,315 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
91.74%
Sample size: 14,219 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Levi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Levi in the Russian language | ||
| Леви | levi | - |
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