What do you think of the name Levi?

[LouisaB1990]

What do you think of Levi?

It is biblical, Skeppers, but it has become somewhat chavvy overused by the great unwashed.
Shame, really.

Isn't it short for Leviticus and he killed someone didn't he ?
Biblical
I prefer Leviticus to Levi

It's DH name - love it

My nephew is called Levi. He's top of his school. Will get all A* at gcse.

How is a name chavvy?!

I like it (prefer Deon though!)

It seems like a perfectly normal name to me, I went to school and uni with two different Levi's. both of whose Mother's would be appalled at suggestions that it's 'Chavvy'

I'd probably make the assumption that you/your partners family were of Jewish background (as were the Levi's that I know) but wouldn't think anything of it if you weren't.

It is my son's name, it was met with some shocked faces when he was born 7 years ago but, now I cannot imagine him being called anything else, and because of him I consider it a very "normal" name and so do our families. He is the only one in his year, but, one of two in his school (not that it matters but, just saying)

We are not jewish in fact we are lapsed Irish Catholics.

I know a girl of 12 called it but a lot of the teachers pronounced it 'Levvy'. Prior to that I heard it screamed across Mothercare one day and I knew a Rottweiler called it.

I like it a lot and have never heard the "chavvy" (urgh, how fucking snobby) connotation. Classic Jewish name.

Why would anyone pronounce it Levvy? Have they not heard of the jeans brand?

It was a family name, going back generations in my family, not Jewish at all as far as I know.

I like it--had no idea it was considered chavvy!

Really surprised people find it chavvy, it's not so where I am from. I don't know anyone with the name but love it, although I really love most Old Testament names so that's hardly surprising. Most people will know how to say it because of the jeans company.