Lewi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lewi

What is the meaning of the name Lewi ?

The baby name Lewi is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced LEH-wee (IPA: /ˈlɛwi/).

Lewi is Hebrew in Origin.

Lewi is a variant of the biblical name Levi, from Hebrew Lewi (לֵוִי) meaning “joined” or “attached.” It belongs to Jacob and Leah’s third son and, by extension, the Levites, Israel’s priestly tribe; in the New Testament, the tax collector Levi is often identified with the apostle Matthew. The w reflects orthographies where w equals v, so Lewi appears in Polish records, some Scandinavian usage, and in Ethiopian/Eritrean transliterations from Amharic/Geʽez.

Levi has long been used in Jewish communities and later by English-speaking Protestants after the Reformation; the Lewi spelling surfaces in Nordic registers in the 19th–20th centuries (notably borne by Swedish Pentecostal leader Lewi Pethrus) and in Polish church books, and remains a rarer modern choice. Related forms include Levi, Lévi (French), Leví (Spanish), Levy, Lewy, and the diminutive Lewie.