| Gender | Man |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old German word or Old English word |
| Meaning | dear friend |
| Region of origin | Germany |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Leobwin, Liebwin, Leofwine |
| Variant form(s) | Levi |
| Nickname(s) | Levi |
| Related names | Levi |
Levin is a masculine given name.[1] It is a modern German version of the Old English name Leofwine or the Old German Leobwin or Liebwin, meaning "dear friend." Dutch variants include Lieven and Lievin.[2] A rare modern English variant is Lewin. It can also be a variant of Levi, and is a surname with different origins.
Notable people with the name include:
- Levin C. Bailey (c. 1892–1952), judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals
- Levin August von Bennigsen (1745–1826), German general in the service of the Russian Empire
- Levin Bates (fl. c. 1830s), proprietor of the Levin Bates House, Kentucky
- Levin Bufkin (c. 1533–1617), English landowner
- Levin Gale (1784–1834), American politician
- Levin Goldschmidt (1829–1897), German jurist, judge and academic
- Levin H. Campbell (born 1927), United States Circuit Judge
- Levin H. Campbell Jr. (1886–1976), U.S. Army lieutenant general
- Levin Corbin Handy (c. 1855–1932), American photographer
- Levin Irving Handy (1861–1922), American educator, lawyer and politician
- Levin Thomas Handy Irving (1828–1892), justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals
- Levin Jones (1847–1914), American professional baseball player
- Levin Kipnis (1894–1990), Israeli children's author and poet
- Levin Major Lewis (1832–1886), Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War
- Levin R. Marshall (1800–1870), American banker and planter in the Antebellum South
- Levin Muller (born 1998), South African cricketer
- Levin Öztunalı (born 1996), German professional footballer
- Levin M. Powell (1798–1885), U.S. Navy rear admiral
- Levin Rauch (1819–1890), Austrian-Hungarian politician
- Levin Schücking (1814–1883), German novelist
- Levin Ludwig Schücking (1878–1964), German scholar of the English language and English literature
- Levin Winder (1757–1819), Revolutionary Army officer in the American Revolutionary War
See also
References
- ↑ "Vornamen der Neugeborenen" (in German). Federal Statistical Office Switzerland. 2018. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ↑ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Leobwin". behindthename.com. 2020-02-04.
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