Levy (surname)

Levy is a surname. Those bearing it include: Uriah P. Levy (1792–1862), American sailor & curator Carl Edvard Marius Levy (1808-1865), Danish obstetrician David Levy, a.k.a. David Levy Yulee (1810–1886), Democratic senator from Florida, industrialist and railroad entrepreneur Maurice Lévy (1838–1910), French engineer Oscar Levy (1867–1946), German physician & writer Florence Nightingale Levy (1870-1947), American arts administrator Paul Pierre Lévy (1886–1971), French mathematician Chandra Levy (1977–2001), American murder victim Marv Levy (born 1925), American football coach Morris Levy (born 1927) American music industry executive Moshe Levy (chemist) (born 1927), Israeli professor of chemistry Azriel Levy (born 1934), Israeli mathematician Jacques Levy (born 1935) Jewish American songwriter David Levy (Israeli politician) (born 1937), also David Levi David L. Levy (born c. 1941), American historian & academic David Levy (chess player) (born 1945), Scottish chess International Master; author, Love and Sex with Robots Eugene Levy (born 1946), Canadian actor Bob Levy (politician) (born 1947), former mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey Bernard-Henri Lévy (born 1948), French public intellectual and journalist David H. Levy (born 1948), Canadian astronomer and science writer Moshe Levy (born 1948), Israeli writer Steven Levy (born 1951), American technology writer Moshe Levy (athlete) (born 1952), Israeli, multiple sports David A. Representative from New York David Levy (psychologist) (born 1954), psychologist, professor, author, actor Maya Cohen Levy (born 1955), Israeli artist Pierre Lévy (born 1956), Canadian philosopher & academic Andrea Levy (born 1956), British author Deborah Levy (born 1959), British playwright, novelist, and poet Steve Levy (politician) (born 1959), American politician Bob Levy (born 1962), stand-up comedian and radio personality Barrington Levy (born 1964), Jamaican musician Scott Levy (born 1964), American professional wrestler better known as Raven Steve Levy (born 1965), ESPN anchor Ronny Levy (born 1966), Israeli football manager David Levy (inventor) (born c. 1967), "Inventor in Residence" to the Arthur D.

Levy or Lévy is most commonly a surname of Hebrew origin. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew לוי meaning "joining". Another spelling of the surname is Levi or Lévi . The surname may refer to a family of Levite descent. Levy can also be a surname of Scottish origin. It is then a Highland’s shortening of the Irish Mac Duinnshléibhe (anglicized Donlevy ). When eastern Ireland’s Ulidia (kingdom) fell to the English in 1177, many of its MacDonlevy (dynasty) royals, also, known as the MacNulty , sought asylum in the then still Celts Highlands of Scotland . Variant spellings of the Scottish surname Levy are Levey, Leevy and Leavy .

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 . 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 .

Levy or Lévy is a surname generally of Hebrew origin. Another spelling of the surname—among multiple other spellings—is Levi or Lévi . The surname usually refers to a family claiming Levite descent (from the Israelite tribe of Levi), which implies a specific social status in the structure of a traditional Jewish community. A priest, which is Kohen in Hebrew, is from a subset of the Levite tribe, descended from the first high priest Aaron , the brother of Moses . Levy can also be—though it is very rarely—a surname of French, Scottish, and Welsh origin. Variant spellings of the Scottish surname Levy are Levey, Leevy and Leavy . 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)."