Levi (given name)

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, usually identified as Matthew the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus

• 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

• Levi Ruivivar (born 2006), Filipino-American artistic gymnast
• Levi Sap Nei Thang, Burmese-born American perfume entrepreneur, businesswoman, and philanthropist

• 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

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