Levi or Lévi is a Jewish surname. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew לוי meaning "joining". Another spelling of the name is Levy or Lévy.
According to Jewish tradition, people with the Levi surname are Levites and can claim patrilineal descendance from the Leviim of biblical times.
People named Levi/Lévi
Yehuda Halevi (c. 1075–1141), Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher
Alexander Levi (1809–1893), the first foreigner to be naturalized in Iowa
The Levy surname will someday grace a second UW-Madison building, as prolific Madison-area philanthropists Marv and Jeff Levy have pledged $75 million in support of the College of Engineering’s new building.
Mikasa Ackerman and Captain Levi Ackerman emerge as two major figures in the Attack on Titan universe ... Mikasa and Levi both bear the surname “Ackerman,” a significant detail in a world where surnames often depict family ties.
... “Levi.”. Initially, these studies reported a small number of mutations, termed the Cohen Modal Haplotype (CMH), found in a third of the people with the “Levi” surname, compared with the controls.
Jews did not use surnames in ancient times ... A Russian surname combing the Yiddish "Benye" with the German, "sohn" (son).6 ... This surname comes from the pet form of Beniamin.7 ... An Ashkenazic Jewish surname, comprised of "flower" and "mountain."10 ... Levy.