Levy (surname)

Levy or Lévy is most commonly a surname of Hebrew usually sephardi origin. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew לוי meaning 'joining'. Another spelling of the surname is Levi or Lévi.

Levy
Pronunciation/ˈlvi, ˈlɛvi/
Origin
Language(s)Hebrew
Meaningjoining
Other names
Variant form(s)Levi, Lévi, Lévy

The surname may refer to a family claiming Levite descent, which implies a specific social status in the structure of a traditional Jewish community.

Levy can also be a surname of French, Scottish, and Welsh origin. It is then a Highland’s shortening of the Irish Mac Duinnshléibhe (anglicized Donlevy). When eastern Ireland’s kingdom of Ulaid fell to John de Courcy in 1177, many of the MacDonlevy dynasty sought asylum in the Highlands of Scotland. Variant spellings of the Scottish surname Levy are Levey, Leevy and Leavy.[1][2]

People with the surname Levy/Lévy

Film, television, and theatre

  • Caissie Levy (born 1981), Canadian stage actress and singer
  • Dani Levy (born 1957), Swiss filmmaker, theatrical director and actor
  • Dan Levy (Canadian actor) (born 1983), Canadian actor and TV personality; son of comedic actor Eugene Levy
  • David Levy (psychologist) (born 1954), American psychologist, professor, author, and actor
  • Deborah Levy (born 1959), British playwright, novelist, and poet
  • Eugene Levy (born 1946), Canadian actor
  • Gabriel Levy (1881–1965), German film producer
  • Jane Levy (born 1989), American actress
  • Paul Bern (Paul Levy, 1889–1932), German-American film director, screenwriter and producer
  • Scott Anthony Levy (born 1964), American professional wrestler better known as Raven
  • Shawn Levy (born 1968), Canadian-American actor, director and producer
  • William Levy (actor) (born 1980), Cuban-American actor
  • Zachary Levi (born 1980), Tony-nominated & Teen Choice Award-winning American actor

In literature and journalism

In music

In other media

In business

  • Daniel Levy (businessman) (born 1962), Chairman of the British football club Tottenham Hotspur
  • David Levy Yulee (1810–1886), Democratic senator from Florida, industrialist and railroad entrepreneur
  • David Guy Levy, president and CEO of Periscope Entertainment
  • Delphine Levy (1969–2020), French manager of cultural institutions
  • Florence Nightingale Levy (1870–1947), American arts administrator
  • Kyle Levy (born 1992), American investor & philosopher
  • Lewis Levy (1815–1885), was an Australian businessman and politician
  • Lou Levy (publisher) (1912–1995), American music publisher who played a key role in the careers of some of the most famous songwriters
  • Morris Levy (born 1927) American music industry executive
  • Paul F. Levy, former President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

United States

Other countries

In military

In biology, medicine, and psychology

In mathematics

Other academic fields

In sport and games

In other fields

See also

  • Levi (surname)
  • Levie (disambiguation), includes list of people with name Levie
  • Levy Li (born 1987), Miss Malaysia Universe 2008–2009
  • Levy Fidelix (born 1951), Brazilian conservative politician, businessman and journalist
  • All pages with titles beginning with Levy
  • All pages with titles containing Levy

References

  1. Rev. Patrick Woulfe, Priest of the Diocese of Limerick, Member of the Council, National Academy of Ireland, Irish Names and Surnames, © 1967 Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, in Irish and English, pp. 355–356
  2. Edward MacLysaght, Irish Families – Their Names, Arms and Origins, © 1972 Allen Figgis and Co. Ltd., in U.S.A., New York, Crown Publishers, Inc., p. 118, “MacDONLEVY, Dunleavy, Leavy … Mac Duinnshléibhe … In modern times it has many synonyms : besides spelling variants such as Donlevy, there is McAleevy (due to the aspiration of the D), Leevy (by abbreviation) and MacNulty, or in Irish, Mac an Ultaigh, i.e. son of the Ulidian (Ultach).”
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