Levy
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English
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Etymology
- As a Jewish surname, a variant of the biblical name Levi. Compare Lowy.
- As a Czech surname, from the adjective levý (“left”).
- Also a shortening of Irish Mac Duinnshléibhe (“son of the chief on the mountain”), from mac (“son”) + donn (“noble”) + sliabh (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Levy
- A surname from Irish.
- A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
- A male given name
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Finnish
Etymology
Variant of Levonen, Levänen.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Levy
- a Finnish surname
Declension
| Inflection of Levy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Levy | Levyt | |
| genitive | Levyn | Levyjen | |
| partitive | Levyä | Levyjä | |
| illative | Levyyn | Levyihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Levy | Levyt | |
| accusative | nom. | Levy | Levyt |
| gen. | Levyn | ||
| genitive | Levyn | Levyjen | |
| partitive | Levyä | Levyjä | |
| inessive | Levyssä | Levyissä | |
| elative | Levystä | Levyistä | |
| illative | Levyyn | Levyihin | |
| adessive | Levyllä | Levyillä | |
| ablative | Levyltä | Levyiltä | |
| allative | Levylle | Levyille | |
| essive | Levynä | Levyinä | |
| translative | Levyksi | Levyiksi | |
| abessive | Levyttä | Levyittä | |
| instructive | — | Levyin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
- Levy is the 4200th (tied with 20 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 178 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.