Shem Tov Girl's nameIn Israel: rare
L'vanaIn Hebrew: לבנה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: לְבָנָהRomanization: l'vána
L'vana (Hebrew: לבנה) is a girl's name. 2,185 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1960, with 83 babies.
- People in Israel
- 2,185
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1960
- 83 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying L'vana
In Hebrew letters the name is לבנה, read right to left. L'vana is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "l'vána" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Levana, equivalent to English Luna
Related to לָבָן (laván, “white”) and named after its white and contrastful appearance in the dark sky at night. For a similar etymology see חַמָּה (khamá, “sun”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
L'vana by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about L'vana
How do you write L'vana in Hebrew?
L'vana is written לבנה in Hebrew (with vowel points: לְבָנָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "l'vána".
How many people in Israel are named L'vana?
2,185 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name לבנה: 2,176 women and 9 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is L'vana a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.6% of the people named לבנה are women.
What does the name L'vana mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Levana, equivalent to English Luna" Etymology: Related to לָבָן (laván, “white”) and named after its white and contrastful appearance in the dark sky at night. For a similar etymology see חַמָּה (khamá, “sun”).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.