What does Levant mean?

Levant as a boys' name is of French origin, and the meaning of Levant is "rising". Place name referring to the eastern Mediterranean and the direction of the rising sun.

SEE ALSO Levander

STARTS WITH Le-

ASSOCIATED WITH sun (star)

Variations

How popular is Levant?

Levant is an uncommonly occurring first name for males but a very prominent surname for all people (#54643 out of 150436, Top 36%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Similar Names

Levant is alike in pronunciation to Lavante and Lavonte. Other recommended sound-alike names are Bennt, Bent, Bevan, Brant▼, Briant, Bryant▼, Cleavant, Cleevant (see Cleavant), Conant, Devan▼, Devane, Devante▼, Durant, Ferrant, Geraint, Gerant, Jeraint (see Geraint), Jerant, Jevan, Kennt, Kent▼, Kevan, Laban, Lamont▼, Land, Lane▲, Lang, Lantz, Laval, Lavan, Lavon, Lavrans, Lea, Leary, Ledon, Leeland, Legate, Lehman, Leland, Lemar, Lemarr, Lemond, Len, Lenard▼, Lenn, Lennart, Lenny, Leon▼, Leron, Lerone, Lesean, Lev▲, Levell, Levern, Levey, Levi▲, Levin, Levon, Levy, Lewayne, Leyland, Logan▲, Loman, Loran, Lorant, Lorent, Luano, Lucan, Lukan, Nevan, Tenant, Tennant and Tevan. These names tend to be more frequently used than Levant.