Common Jewish surname
Levine is a Jewish surname of Ashkenazi origin, derived from the Hebrew name Levi.
It appears across American culture—musicians, actors, executives, academics.
The spelling varies: Levin, Levine, Leveen.
Like many surnames ending in a vowel, it often takes stress on the second syllable: luh-VEEN.
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Common Jewish surname
Levine is a Jewish surname of Ashkenazi origin, derived from the Hebrew name Levi.
It appears across American culture—musicians, actors, executives, academics.
The spelling varies: Levin, Levine, Leveen.
Like many surnames ending in a vowel, it often takes stress on the second syllable: luh-VEEN.
1. surname — Cohen, Priestly lineage surname; Schwartz (Surname meaning black); Kaplan (Test preparation company); Rosenberg (German surname, flower-hill); Goldberg · Feldman · Horowitz · Weinstein · Rubin · Steinberg · Katz · Zimmerman · Bloom · Bernstein
2. Jewish — Ashkenazi, Jews of European descent; Hebrew (Semitic language of Israel); Yiddish (Ashkenazi Jewish language); synagogue (Jewish house of worship); rabbi · kosher · Israel · Torah · Passover · Seder · Shabbat · Hanukkah · kippah · challah
Levi Strauss (Jeans company founder); Adam Levine
Levi, Levite, Levin
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/Levine