Lewi

Ancient Hebrew form of LEVI.

LEVI   male   Hebrew, English, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Possibly means "joined, attached" in Hebrew. As told in the Old Testament, Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites, known as the Levites. This was the tribe that formed the priestly class of the Israelites. The brothers Moses and Aaron were members. In the New Testament this is another name for the apostle Matthew. As an English Christian name, Levi came into use after the Protestant Reformation.
EQUIVALENTS
BIBLICAL GREEK: Leui
BIBLICAL LATIN: Levi
BIBLICAL: Levi
DUTCH: Levi
ENGLISH: Levi
FINNISH: Leevi
HEBREW: Levi