Gender: Masculine
Origin: Frisian
Meaning: “dear friend.”
(LEV-een)

The name is a Frisian form of the Old High German, Liobwin, which is composed of the elements, liob (love; dear) and win (friend).

The name was extremely common in 19th-century Germany and was used by German-Jews as a cognate of Levi.

It has recently come into vogue again. It is currently the 8th most popular male name in German-speaking Switzerland, (2010). His rankings in other countries are as follows:

• # 87 (Germany, 2011)