Levi ( Hebrew לֵוִי ) is a Jewish male name.
Origin
For the first time this name is found in the Tanakh ( Old Testament ). Levi is the third son of Jacob (Israel), the ancestor of the Levite tribe.
Name analogs in other languages
Derived Names
People who have this name
- Levy is the Old Testament ancestor of the Levite tribe.
- Levi (Levi) Matthew is one of the twelve apostles (disciples) of Jesus Christ, a character of the New Testament. According to tradition, is considered the author of the Gospel of Matthew.
- Levy Strauss ( 1829 - 1902 ) - American industrialist.
- Levi Eshkol ( 1895 - 1969 ) is the third prime minister of Israel.