Leven

Meaning

Proper Noun

• coastal town council area, Fife Scotland (constituent country) .
• village East Riding of Yorkshire (county) England (constituent country) .
• A short river in {{l en Dunbartonshire, <>}}, which flows from Loch Lomond to the Firth of Clyde.
• A river in {{l en Perth and Kinross and Fife, <>}}, which flows from Loch Leven to the Firth of Forth at the town of Leven.
• short river Cumbria (county) England (constituent country), which flows from Lake Windermere to Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea.
• river North Yorkshire (county) England (constituent country), which flows into the River Tees.
• a Scottish earldom.

Origin

• Various origins:
• A variant of the surname Levin.
• From the Old English personal name Lēofwine, composed of the elements lēof + wine.
• Borrowed from German Leven, a surname which shares the same origin of the Old English personal name.
• Habitational surname from any of various places in Scotland and England.