Levent

Turkish

"naval soldier"

Levent Origin and Meaning

The name Levent is a boy's name meaning "naval soldier".

Levent is a common name in Turkey, derived from Ottoman Turkish levend — a soldier in the Ottoman navy. The name also has connections to the Venetian navy in renaissance times.

Famous People Named Levent

• Levent Ateş (born 1991) Turkish middle,distance runner
• Levent Ayçiçek (born 1994) German footballer of Turkish descent
• Levent Çoker (born 1958) Turkish musician
• Levent Devrim (born 1969) Turkish football manager
• Levent Ersöz (born 1954) Turkish general
• Levent Gülen (born 1994) Turkish,Swiss footballer
• Levent Kartop (born 1979) Turkish footballer
• Levent Kazak (born 1967) Turkish screenwriter and actor
• Levent Kırca (1948–2015) Turkish comedian, stage and film actor, columnist and politician
• Levent Osman (born 1977) Australian footballer
• Levent Topsakal (born 1966) Turkish basketball player
• Levent Tuncat (born 1988) German taekwondo practitioner of Turkish descent
• Levent Üzümcü (born 1972) Turkish actor
• Levent "Lev" Yalcin (born 1985) English footballer of Turkish descent
• Levent Yılmaz (born 1990) Turkish footballer
• Levent Yüksel (born 1964) Turkish singer
• Mustafa Levent Göktaş (born 1959) Turkish colonel