The East; where the sun rises
Derived from the Italian word 'levante', which refers to the rising of the sun and the eastern Mediterranean region. It carries a sense of new beginnings and the dawn. While used as a surname and a geographical term, it is occasionally adopted as a distinctive given name.
Less common today
Levante isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,225 in 1993.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Italian singer-songwriter and novelist
A character in the video game Blasphemous · Blasphemous
