Levi (given name)

{{Infobox given name | name = Levi | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Male | meaning = "attached", "joining" | region = | nickname = | origin = Hebrew | related names = | footnotes = }} '''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".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Levi.html | title=The amazing name Levi: Meaning and etymology }}</ref>

Levi may refer to: ==Biblical figures== * Levi, usually identified as Matthew the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus

==Male people with the name== *Levi A. Mackey (1819–1889), American politician, banker, lawyer, and business executive *Levi Adams (1762–1831), American farmer and politician *Levi Addison Ault (1851–1930), Canadian-born American businessman and bureaucrat *Levi Alcon (1921–2013), American politician *Levi Amantchi (born 2000), English professional footballer *Levi Anderson (born 1998), Canadian PLL player *Levi Andoh (born 2000), Dutch semi-professional footballer *Levi Ankeny (1844–1921), American politician *Levi Aron (?–2025), American convicted murderer *Levi Ashcroft (born 2006), Australian AFL player *Levi Aumua (born 1994), New Zealand rugby union player *Levi B. Adams, American candidate in California's 21st State Assembly district *Levi B. French (1845–1923), American politician *Levi B. Gaylord (1840–1900), American Union Army soldier during the American Civil War *Levi B. Kaler (1828–1906), American politician and businessman *Levi B. Nelson (1838–1903), American councilman, mayor, and Union Army soldier during the American Civil War; founder of the Gate City Street Railroad Company *Levi Bachmeier, American politician *Levi Baker Vilas (1811–1879), American lawyer, banker, politician, and pioneer *Levi Barber (1777–1833), American surveyor, court administrator, banker, and politician *Levi Barnabas (born 1964), Canadian politician *Levi Beardsley (1785–1857), American lawyer and politician *Levi Bell (born 1999), American CFL player *Levi Bellfield (born 1968), British serial killer and sex offender *Levi ben Abisha ben Phinhas ben Yitzhaq (1920–2001), Samaritan High Priest *Levi ben Abraham ben Hayyim (c. 1240–1250–1315), French Jewish rabbi and encyclopedist *Levi ben Gershon, birth name of Gersonides (1288–1344), French Jewish medieval philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, physician, and astronomer/astrologer *Levi Benima (1838–1922), Dutch chess master *Levi ben Japheth (fl. 11th-century), Jewish Karaite rabbi and scholar *Levi ben Sisi (late 2nd-century–early 3rd-century), Jewish rabbi and scholar *Levi Benton, American member of metalcore band Miss May I *Levi Billig (1897–1936), Anglo-Jewish orientalist and scholar of Arabic *Levi Bodenheimer (1807–1867), German consistorial grand rabbi *Levi Boone (1808–1882), American politician and mayor *Levi Borgstrom (1919–2001), Swedish-New Zealand wood carver *Levi Bouwense (born 2000), Dutch footballer *Levi Branson Reeder (1865–1930), American attorney and politician *Levi Brenton Williams (born 1940), Canadian multi-instrumental gospel-, country-, and bluegrass musician *Levi Brown, several people *Levi Bryant, American professor of philosophy *Levi C. Wade (1843–1891), American lawyer, politician, and railroad executive *Levi Cadogan (born 1995), Barbadian retired sprinter *Levi Carneiro (1882–1971), Brazilian lawyer, jurist, writer, and judge *Levi Casboult (born 1990), Australian former AFL player *Levi Casey, several people *Levi Celerio (1910–2002), Filipino composer and lyricist *Levi Chamberlain (1792–1849), American Protestant missionary, penmanship teacher, examiner of Hawaii's native schools, and accountant *Levi Chavez, American former police officer and attorney at law who was acquitted of murder *Levi Chibuike Ajuonuma (1959–2012), Nigerian academic, journalist, public relations expert, radio broadcaster, and television presenter *Levi Clark Bootes (1809–1896), American Union Army soldier during the American Civil War, also serving in the Mexican-American War *Levi Coffin (1798–1877), American Quaker, politician, educator, abolitionist, farmer, businessman, and humanitarian *Levi Colbert (c. 1759–1834), American Chickasaw leader *Levi Coleman (born 1986), American soccer player, head coach, and university assistant *Levi Collison (1875–1965), English art publisher and printer *Levi Colwill (born 2003), English professional footballer *Levi Compton, 19th-century American politician *Levi Cook (1792–1866), American businessman and politician *Levi Cooper, Australian-born Israeli Orthodox Jewish teacher, author, and community leader *Levi Cooper Lane (1828–1902), American physician and surgeon *Levi Copestake (1886–1968), English professional footballer *Levi Coppin (1848–1924), American minister, editor, and a founder of the American Negro Academy *Levi Crocker, American fashion designer and former rodeo performer; contestant on The A-List: Dallas *Levi Cutter (1774–1856), American businessman, politician, and mayor *Levi D. Carpenter (1802–1856), American lawyer and politician *Levi D. Jarrard (1824–1886), American businessman and politician *Levi D. Slamm (c. 1812–1862), American labor leader, newspaper editor, and politician *Levi David Addai, English screenwriter and playwright *Levi Davis, several people *Levi Day (born 1989), Australian motorcycle racer *Levi Dean, American politician *Levi Dexter, British past member of rockabilly revival band Levi and the Rockats *Levi Díaz (born 2008), Spanish singer *Lévi Doré (born 2000), Canadian actor *Levi Douglas (born 1995), English rugby union player *Levi Drake Rodriguez (born 2000), American NFL player *Levi Duchman (born 1992/1993), American chief rabbi of the United Arab Emirates *Levi E. Knapp (1826–1919), American politician *Levi E. Pond (1833–1895), American farmer and politician *Levi E. Worden (1849–1928), American builder and politician *Levi E. Young (1874–1963), American Mormon leader *Levi Eshkol (1895–1969), Israeli Prime Minister *Levi F. Martin (1843–1909), American politician *Levi F. Noble (1882–1965), American geologist *Levi Faustino (born 2001), Portuguese professional footballer *Levi Fetters (1831–1893), American politician *Levi Fisher Ames (1840–1923), American folk artist and woodcarver *Levi Fontaine (born 1948), American former NBA player *Levi Fox (1914–2006), English conservationist, historian, and author *Levi Fragell (born 1939), Norwegian humanist *Levi Francis (born 2003), English professional footballer *Levi G. McCauley (1837–1920), American politician *Levi G. Nutt (1865–1938), American federal law enforcement official *Levi García (born 1997), Trinidadian professional footballer *Levi Garraway (born 1968), American oncologist *Levi General, birth name of Deskaheh (1873–1925), American Iroquois hereditary chief and appointed speaker *Levi Gibbon (c. 1807–1870), Welsh balladeer *Levi Goodrich (1822–1887), American architect *Levi Grant (1810–1891), American farmer, businessman, politician, and pioneer *Levi Greenwood (born 1989), Australian retired AFL player *Levi Guerra, American candidate in the Faithless electors in the 2016 United States presidential election *Levi H. Bancroft (1861–1948), American teacher, lawyer, and politician *Levi H. Dowling (1844–1911), American preacher and Union Army soldier during the American Civil War *Levi H. Greenwood (1872–1930), American businessman and politician *Levi Haʻalelea (c. 1822–1864), Native Hawaiian nobility and politician *Levi Haile (1797–1854), American lawyer, politician, and Supreme Court justice *Levi Haines (born 2004), American freestyle- and folkstyle wrestler *Levi Hanssen (born 1988), New Zealand-born Faroese former professional footballer *Levi Harrington (?–1882), African American man who was lynched *Levi Hawken (born 1975), New Zealand sculptor, graffiti artist, and skateboarder *Levi Hedge (1766–1844), American educator and professor *Levi Heimans (born 1985), Dutch track cyclist *Levi Henriksen (born 1964), Norwegian novelist, short story writer, and singer-songwriter *Levi Herzfeld (1810–1884), German Jewish rabbi and historian *Levi Higginson (1867–?), English footballer *Levi Hill (1816–1865), American minister who claimed to have invented a color photographic process *Levi Hill (trade unionist) (1883–1961), British local government officer *Levi Holloway, American playwright, actor, and educator *Levi Horn (born 1986), American former professional football player *Levi Houapeu (born 1989), Ivorian footballer *Levi Hubbard (1762–1836), American politician and farmer *Levi Hubbell (1808–1876), American lawyer, judge, and politician *Levi Hummon, American country musician *Levi Hutchins (1761–1855), American clockmaker, and self-proclaimed inventor of the first American alarm clock *Levi ibn al-Tabban, 12th-century Spanish Jewish poet, grammarian, and non-fiction writer *Levi ibn Habib (c. 1480–c. 1545), Israeli chief rabbi *Levi II, 3rd-century Jewish rabbi and scholar *Levi Isaacs (c. 1860–1913), Australian tobacconist and Jewish leader *Levi Ives (footballer) (born 1997), Northern Irish footballer *Levi J. Dean (1878–1951), American architect *Levi J. Gunn (1830–1916), American tool manufacturer and politician *Levi J. Ham (1805–1887), American politician and surgeon *Levi J. Rowan (1871–1934), American academic administrator, college president, teacher, and photographer *Levi Jackson (1926–2000), American college football player and business executive *Levi Jensen (born 1967), Norwegian Pentecostal evangelist and YouTuber *Levi Jerahmeel Klaczko (1840–?), Russian Jewish educator and author *Levi Jern (1893–1973), Finnish farmer and politician *Levi Johnson (born 1950), American former NFL player *Levi Johnston (born 1990), American model, actor, and politician *Levi Jones (born 1979), American former NFL player *Levi Jordan (born 1995), American MLB player *Levi K. Fuller (1841–1896), American businessman, military officer, and politician *Levi Karuhanga (1956–2016), Ugandan major general *Levi Kelly (born 1999), American former MLB player *Levi Kereama (1981–2008), Australian contestant on Australian Idol season 1 *Levi Kitchen (born 2001), American professional Motocross- and Supercross racer *Levi Kreis (born 1981), American actor and singer-songwriter *Levi L. Conant (1857–1916), American mathematician *Levi L. Lamborn (1829–1910), American medical doctor, horticulturalist, and politician *Levi L. Rowland (1831–1908), American educator and physician *Levi Laing (born 2003), English professional footballer *Levi Landis (born 1982), American arts administrator, musician, manager, and festival producer *Levi Lapper Morse (1853–1913), English grocer, draper, and politician *Levi LaVallee (born 1982), American snowmobile racer *Levi Leipheimer (born 1973), American former professional road racing cyclist *Levi Leiter (1834–1904), American businessman *Levi Lewis (disambiguation), several people *Levi Lincoln, several people *Levi Lovering (1776–1857), American drummer and early rudimental drum manual author *Levi Lovett (1854–1929), British trade unionist and coal miner *Levi Lowrey, American singer-songwriter *Levi Lumeka (born 1998), English professional footballer *Levi M. Hubbell (1826–1910), American businessman and politician *Levi Mackin (born 1986), English former professional footballer *Levi Maish (1837–1899), American politician *Levi Malungu (born 2002), Belgian professional footballer *Levi Manning (1864–1935), American hotelier, businessman, and mayor *Levi March (1841–1933), Canadian politician and magistrate *Levi Marengo (born 1987), Dutch professional footballer *Levi Marhabi (born c. 1987), Yemenite Orthodox Jew; the last known Jew living in Yemen *Levi Marston (1816–1904), American sea captain *Levi Mayihlome (born 1953), Zimbabwean politician *Levi McKeen Arnold (1813–1864), American businessman and banker *Levi Meaden (born c. 1987), Canadian actor *Levi Meyerle (1849–1921), American MLB player *Levi Michael (born 1991), American former professional baseball player *Levi Miller (born 2002), Australian actor and model *Levi Miller (Virginia soldier) (1836–1921), American preacher, farmer, and Confederate Army soldier during the American Civil War *Levi Myers (1767–1822), American Jewish physician *Levi Najara, Spanish rabbi who emigrated to Mamluk Palestine in 1492 *Levi Newcomb (1822–1898), American architect *Levi Newton Breed (1831–1908), American businessman and politician *Levi Nyagura, Zimbabwean academic *Levi Oakes (1925–2019), Canadian-born American Mohawk code talker and army soldier during World War II *Levi Obery, American film producer; founder and president of film company Ten Thirty-One Pictures Entertainment *Levi Olan (1903–1984), Ukrainian-born American Reform Jewish rabbi, social activist, author, and professor *Levi Onwuzurike (born 1998), American NFL player *Levi Opdam (born 1996), Dutch professional footballer *Levi P. Morton (1824–1920), American politician *Levi P. Powers (1828–1888), American politician and lawyer *Levi Parham, American singer-songwriter *Levi Parker Webster (1883–1962), American athlete, professional runner, and ultramarathoner *Levi Parsons, American judge *Levi Parsons Gillette (1832–1903), American farmer and politician *Levi Pawling (1773–1845), American politician *Levi Pinfold, British artist, writer, and illustrator *Levi Ponce, American painter *Levi Porter (born 1987), English footballer *Levi Prizer (1819–1875), American politician *Levi Psavkin (born 1939), Israeli former Olympic runner *Levi R. Chase (1917–1994), American fighter pilot and double flying ace during World War II *Levi R. Kelley (1899–1967), American political figure *Levi R. Mearns (1820s–1896), American politician *Levi Rackliffe (c. 1843–1898), American politician *Levi Rahmani (1919–2013), Israeli archeologist and curator *Levi Randolph (born 1992), American professional basketball player *Levi Redfern (1905–1976), English footballer *Levi Reed (1814–1869), American politician *Levi Reid (born 1983), English footballer *Levi Richard Ellert (1857–1901), American politician *Levi Richards (1799–1876), American Mormon leader and missionary *Levi Rigters (born 1995), Dutch kickboxer *Levi Risamasu (born 1982), Dutch former footballer *Levi Roach (born 1985), British-Canadian academic, medievalist, and historian *Levi Robin (born 1992), American Hasidic folk singer *Levi Rolla Cooper, birth name of Tucker (American wrestler) (born 1990), American retired professional wrestler *Levi Romero, several people *Levi Roots (born 1958), Jamaican-British businessman, chef, musician, television personality, author, and radio presenter; creator of the brand Reggae Reggae Sauce *Levi Ruggles (1824–1889), American soldier, carpenter, schoolteacher, pioneer, and politician *Levi Ruggles Church (1836–1892), Canadian doctor, lawyer, judge, and political figure *Levi S. Backus (1803–1869), American first deaf newspaper editor *Levi S. Chatfield (1808–1884), American lawyer and politician *Levi S. Gould (1831–1917), American businessman and politician *Levi S. Peterson (born 1933), American Mormon biographer, essayist, and fictionist *Levi Sanders, American candidate in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire; son of politician and activist Bernie Sanders *Levi Savage Jr. (1820–1910), American Mormon missionary to Asia; pioneer in the Willie Handcart Company *Levi Schoppema (born 2004), Dutch professional footballer *Levi Schwiebbe (born 1986), Dutch retired footballer *Levi Scofield (1842–1917), American architect and sculptor; Union Army captain during the American Civil War *Levi Scott, several people *Levi Seacer Jr. (born 1961), American musician *Levi Shemtov, American Jewish rabbi *Levi Sherwood (born 1991), New Zealand retired freestyle motocross rider *Levi Silliman Ives (1797–1867), American Protestant bishop turned Roman Catholic theologian *Levi Smans (born 2003), Dutch professional footballer *Levi Smith (disambiguation), several people *Levi Spaulding (1791–1873), American Protestant missionary in Sri Lanka *Levi Stanley (1818?–1908), English-born American member of the Romani Stanley family *Levi Steinhauer (born 1991), Canadian former CFL player *Levi Stephen (born 1974), Scottish former professional- and semi-professional footballer *Levi Sterling (1804–1868), American farmer, politician, and pioneer; Union Army cavalry officer during the American Civil War *Levi Sternberg (1894–1976), American-Canadian fossil collector and paleontologist *Levi Stewart Udall (1891–1960), American lawyer and Supreme Court chief justice *Levi Stockbridge (1820–1904), American farmer and scientist *Levi Stoudt (born 1997), American MLB pitcher *Levi Strauss (1829–1902), German-born Jewish American inventor of blue jeans *Levi Stubbs (1936–2008), American baritone singer; past member of vocal group the Four Tops *Levi Sutton (born 1997), English professional footballer *Levi Suydam (born 1819/1820), American property-holding intersex man *Levi T. Griffin (1837–1906), American politician and Union Army officer during the American Civil War *Levi Tafari, English poet and performer *Levi the Poet (born 1989), American spoken word artist *Levi Thomson (1855–1938), Canadian farmer, lawyer, and political figure *Levi Tillemann (born 1981/1982), American businessman, academic, and author *Levi Todd (1756–1807), American pioneer and businessman *Levi Twiggs (1793–1847), American Marine Corps officer during the War of 1812 *Levi Underwood (1821–1902), American lawyer and politician *Levi van Veluw (born 1985), Dutch contemporary artist *Levi Vega Martinez (1927–2002), Costa Rican journalist *Levi Vloet (born 1996), Dutch Paralympic sprinter *Levi W. Barden (1820–1915), American lawyer and politician *Levi W. Hancock (1803–1882), American Mormon missionary *Levi Wallace (born 1995), American professional football player *Levi Wallace (politician) (1839–1917), American politician *Levi Walter Mengel (1868–1941), American entomologist *Levi Warner (1831–1911), American politician *Levi Watkins (1944–2015), American heart surgeon and civil rights activist *Levi Weaver, American independent musician, singer, songwriter, performer, and sportswriter *Levi Weeks (1776–1819), American carpenter; accused in the infamous Manhattan Well Murder trial of 1800 *Levi Wells (1734–1803), American politician, and officer in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution *Levi Wells (born 2001), American MLB pitcher *Levi Wells Prentice (1851–1935), American still life- and landscape painter *Levi Wijk, real name of Bunt (DJ) (born 1996), German electronic-folk DJ and record producer *Levi William Humphrey (1881–1947), American-born Canadian politician and locomotive engineer *Levi Williams (1794–1860), American Baptist minister and militia officer *Levi Williams (American football), American former college football player *Levi Withee (1834–1910), American lumberman, businessman, and pioneer *Levi Withee Gibson (1872–1919), American businessman and politician *Levi Woodbury (1789–1851), American politician, attorney, jurist, and Supreme Court associate justice *Levi Wright (1862–1953), English footballer and cricketer *Levi Yale (1792–1872), American politician, abolitionist, and Underground Railroad agent *Levi Yates (1891–1934), English footballer *Levi Ying (1949–2013), Taiwanese politician and legal scholar *Levi Yissar, Israeli engineer and entrepreneur *Levi Yitzchak Horowitz (1921–2009), American-born Hasidic rabbi *Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878–1944), Russian Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi *Levi Yitzchok Bender (1897–1989), Polish-born Jewish rabbi *Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (1740–1809), Ukrainian Jewish rabbi and Hasidic master *Levi Youster (born 1992), American former professional stock car racing driver *Levi Zeilinwarger (1932–?), Polish possible Warsaw Ghetto boy *Levi Zililo Mumba (?–1945), Malawian politician

==Female people with the name== *Levi Ruivivar (born 2006), Filipino-American artistic gymnast *Levi Sap Nei Thang, Burmese-born American perfume entrepreneur, businesswoman, and philanthropist

==Fictional characters== *Levi, in the 2011 UK erotic romance novel ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' *Levi, in the 2019 Nigerian drama film ''Levi'', played by Ramsey Nouah *Levi, in the US-UK historical drama TV series ''Rome'', played by Nigel Lindsay *Levi Ackerman, in the Japanese manga series ''Attack on Titan'' *Levi Boulder, in the 1908 Canadian novel ''Anne of Green Gables'' *Levi Canning, in the Australian TV soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Richie Morris *Levi Dunkleman, in the US daytime TV soap opera ''General Hospital'', played by Zachary Garred *Levi Fisher, in the US fantasy drama TV series ''Siren'', played by Sedale Threatt Jr. *Levi Fowler, in the Australian TV soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Tristan Gorey *Levi Johnson, in the UK mockumentary sitcom ''This Country'', played by Badger Skelton *Levi Norast, in the 1951 US science fiction novel ''Foundation'' *Levi Rochester, in the UK soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Cerith Flinn *Levi Schmitt, in the US medical drama TV series ''Grey's Anatomy'', played by Jake Borelli *Levi Stewart, in the 2013 US young adult novel ''Fangirl'' *Levi the Slasher, in the Japanese multimedia franchise ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'', voiced by Nana Mizuki (Japanese) and Jennifer Alyx (English) *Levi Weston, in the TV series ''Power Rangers Ninja Steel'', played by Jordi Webber

== See also == * Levy (disambiguation), includes list of people with the given name * Levi (surname) * Levy (surname) *Category:Hebrew masculine given names

==References== <references/>

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