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Levette
How to Pronounce Levette
Pronounced luh-VET /ləˈvɛt/Medium
Meaning: Levette reads as a mid-century -ette coinage, close to Yvette, the French pet form of Yves, and colored by the biblical Levi, 'joined, attached'. It is a made name more than an inherited one, its charm resting on the fashionable -ette ending.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Levette is an American coinage in the popular -ette family, hovering between Yvette, the French diminutive of Yves, and a feminine echo of Levi, the Hebrew name meaning 'joined'. Such -ette names had a strong mid-century vogue; Levette appears in the 1950s and peaked around 1971.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its height, so a Levette from that time would be in her fifties today. It reads as a dated -ette coinage rather than a reviving name, with Yvette as its familiar cousin.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Levette mean?
It is an -ette coinage, read as a form of Yvette or a feminine take on Levi.
How do you pronounce Levette?
It's said luh-VET /ləˈvɛt/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Levette a boy or girl name?
Levette is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Levette?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its high point in the early nineteen-seventies.