Levana, drawn from the luminous Hebrew ləvanāh—“white” or “moon”—unfurls like a silver blossom at twilight, where ancient echoes of a Roman childbirth goddess mingle with the soft chant of luna rising over terracotta rooftops in a Latin courtyard. She carries in her syllables the gentle promise of dawn’s first light, a name both rare and resonant, borne by fifteen newborns in the United States in 2024, slotting gracefully at number 935 and weaving a quiet thread through the fabric of modern American naming traditions. Each utterance of Levana conjures an image of alabaster petals drifting on a midnight breeze, a tender homage to purity, femininity and celestial grace. In her subtle ascent through the ranks—hovering within the top thousand for several seasons—she invites families to celebrate a bewitching blend of heritage and poetic radiance, an ode to the timeless beauty of the moonlit sky.
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