Levon

Where Levon comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Levon.

Levon through the years
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,821 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1945
    Levon Ter-Petrosyan born
    first President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998
  3. 1953
    Peak, #878
    67 babies named Levon, its best rank.
  4. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,403.
  5. 1982
    Levon Aronian born
    Armenian-American chess player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Levon Aronian · Armenian-American chess player, born 1982
  • Levon Ter-Petrosyan · first President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998, born 1945
  • Levon Helm · American musician, 1940–2012
  • Levon Mirzoyan · Soviet politician, 1897–1939
  • Levon Julfalakyan · Armenian wrestler, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.