Levent
Boy · leh-VENT · Turkish
Levent is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “tall, handsome and brave”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Levent mean?
Turkish: Turkish word, from levend, an Ottoman sailor or soldier
“tall, handsome and brave”
The levends were Ottoman marines and irregular soldiers, and the word came to describe a dashing young man.
- Say it
- leh-VENT
Is Levent a girl's or a boy's name?
Levent is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Levent in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 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, 7 boys in the UK were named Levent, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Levent of any year since the records began in 1996.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Levent in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Levent in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Levent in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Levent in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
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