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Levi or Lévi is a Jewish surname. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew word ... Judah HaLevi (c. 1075–1141), Spanish-Jewish physician, poet, and philosopher;
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".
Levi (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ / LEE-vy; Hebrew: לֵוִי, Modern: Levī, Tiberian: Lēwī) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron, Moses and Miriam. [3]
Lavi – a common Levite surname; Leefsma – Frisian surname; Leevi – Finnish variation; Lev – simplified Russian variation of Levi; Levai, Lévai and Lévay – a Levitic surname, originally meaning "a person from Levice" but subsequently used by Jews who were forced to change their name during the Holocaust; Leven – Swedish variation
The surname usually refers to a family claiming Levite descent (from the Israelite tribe of Levi), which implies a specific social status in the structure of a traditional Jewish community. A priest, which is Kohen in Hebrew, is from a subset of the Levite tribe, descended from the first high priest Aaron , the brother of Moses .
Paul of Burgos (Burgos, c. 1351 – 29 August 1435) was a Spanish Jew who converted to Christianity, and became an archbishop, lord chancellor, and exegete. He is known also as Pablo de Santa María. His original name was Solomon ha-Levi.
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Levin is a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname (Levine/Levin/Levi), from the tribe of Levi, whose descendants the Levites had distinctive duties in the Temple period.. Other variations include Lavin, Lavine, Le Neve, Levene, Levi, Levina, Levine, Levitt, Levy, Lewin, Lieven, Levins and Levinson.