Possibly means "joined, attached" in Hebrew. As told in the Old Testament, Levi was the third son of ਯਾਕੂਬ ਅਤੇ ਲੀਹ, ਅਤੇ the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites, known as the Levites. This was the tribe that formed the priestly class of the Israelites. The brothers ਮੂਸਾ ਅਤੇ ਹਾਰੂਨ were members. In the New Testament this is another name for the apostle ਮੈਥਿਊ. As an English Christian name, Levi came into use after the Protestant Reformation.
