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Boy · Old Hungarian (uncertain)
Levente
Say it: LEH-ven-teh
Meaning
Name of a son of Árpád and of an 11th-century prince; its origin is unknown, with Turkic origins proposed.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Revived in the 19th century and one of the more popular boys' names in Hungary in recent decades.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 37 babies given this name since 2004
- At its height in 2008, about 1 in 254,800 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Medieval European charters and records
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.