80%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Roman Mythology Pronounced Pron. leh-WA-na(Latin) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Latin levare meaning "to raise, to lift". This was the name of a Roman goddess associated with newborn babies and the rituals of childbirth. Related Names Same SpellingLevana 1 Categories actions, birth, deities, ends in -ana, fertility deities, goddesses, mythology