Levar

Where Levar comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Levar.

Levar through the years
  1. 1977
    Around this time: LeVar Burton in Roots
    TV, 1977 · Source
  2. 1977
    Debut at its peak, #342
    #342 among boys with 523 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #513.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Levar in Wikidata.

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