Levine Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Your Levine ancestor may well appear as Levin in earlier records. The family name meaning is “Descendant of little Levi (united)”, the same as for Levin.

• The extra “e” in Levine is a spelling habit rather than a different name.
• The 2010 census count for Levine in the United States was 33,637, good for rank 1,032. That puts it among the top 2,500 US surnames. From 1891 to 2000, 241 births in France were registered under Levine.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Levin surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. For the full story, order the Levine surname pack.