Lavie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- lah-VEE
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Lavie is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Lavie mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Lavi; Hebrew lavi
“lion”
One of several Hebrew words for lion, used as a name in modern Israel.
Meaning borrowed from Lavi.
Is Lavie a girl's or a boy's name?
Lavie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Lavie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Lavie, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2018. 8 girls were also named Lavie in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Lavie in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were given Lavie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,013, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
- Lavi 47
- Lavie 11
Lavie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
Names like Lavie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlie Archie Ellis Moses Leo August Enoch Henry Otto Asa Ambrose Amos
Other spellings of Lavie
Names related to Lavie
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lavie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lavie, updated 20 October 2026.