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Across the world, Lavi (Vie , Lavi , לביא ) is a common gender-neutral forename. The first name Lavi is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Guinea-Bissau, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare epicene name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in India, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Likewise, Lavi is the last name as well as the forename.
Lavi is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lavi , the fictional character from D.Gray-man.