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Hebrew
(לֵוִי) Hebrew name derived from the word lewi, LEVIY means "adhesion, joined to" or "crown, garland." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including the third son of Jacob.
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English
English : apparently a variant spelling of Lewison.
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English
English : patronymic from a variant of Lewin 1.German : variant of Levings.
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American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Jamaican, Latin, Teutonic
Famous; Renowned Warrior; Form of Louis; Famous in Battle; Fame and War; Fighter; Warrior
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North German
North German : variant of the habitational name Lewing, from a place near Stade in Lower Saxony.North German : patronymic from a personal name (Lehwing or Lewien), formed with Middle Low German lev ‘dear’ + win ‘friend’.English : perhaps a habitational name from Levens in Cumbria, probably so named from the Old English personal name LÄ“ofa (+ genitive n) + næss ‘promontory’, ‘headland’.Possibly a hypercorrected spelling of Irish Levens, a County Louth name, which Woulfe interprets as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac DhuinnshlébhÃn, a variant of Dunleavy.
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British, English, German
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English
English form of French Louis, LEWIS means "famous warrior."Â
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English
English : variant of Loving.
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Scottish and Irish
Scottish and Irish : reduced form of McLewis (see Lewis 3).English : topographic name from the genitive form of Old English clÅh ‘ravine’ (see Clough).
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English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Leofwine, LEWIN means "dear friend."
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United.
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Teutonic American French English Shakespearean
Famous in war.
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English (but most common in Wales)
English (but most common in Wales) : from Lowis, Lodovicus, a Norman personal name composed of the Germanic elements hlod ‘fame’ + wīg ‘war’. This was the name of the founder of the Frankish dynasty, recorded in Latin chronicles as Ludovicus and Chlodovechus (the latter form becoming Old French Clovis, Clouis, Louis, the former developing into German Ludwig). The name was popular throughout France in the Middle Ages and was introduced to England by the Normans. In Wales it became inextricably confused with 2.Welsh : from an Anglicized form of the personal name Llywelyn (see Llewellyn).Irish and Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lughaidh ‘son of Lughaidh’. This is one of the most common Old Irish personal names. It is derived from Lugh ‘brightness’, which was the name of a Celtic god.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. William Lewis was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
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Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : German and Polish spelling of Levin.English, Dutch, and North German : from the Old English personal name Lēofwine, composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + wine ‘friend’. This was the name borne by an English missionary who became the patron saint of Ghent, and the personal name was consequently popular in the Low Countries during the Middle Ages.Irish and Manx : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Guillin ‘son of the servant of William’.
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Indian
Renowned warrior
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English
English : variant of Lewin 1.This name is also found in the Netherlands, and in Sweden as Löwen, Löwén, Lövén, in both cases presumably derived from the German surname Löwe (see Loewe), although the Swedish forms could equally be ornamental names from löv ‘leaf’.
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English
English : variant spelling of Fry.North German : variant of Frey.Joseph Frye (1711/12–94) was a military officer from Andover, MA, where the family had long been of local prominence. In 1762, he was granted a township in ME, later named Fryeburg after him, and moved his family there. His great-great-grandson William Pierce Frye was born in Lewiston, ME, and served in Congress, first as a member of the House of Representatives and then the Senate from 1871 until his death in 1911.
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Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Levin.English, North German, and Dutch : from the Germanic personal name represented by Old English Lēofwine, Saxon Liafwin, composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + wine ‘friend’.English and Scottish : habitational name from places called Leven in East Yorkshire, Fife, and Renfrew. The first is probably from a stream name, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning smooth (as in Welsh llyfyn). The Scottish place name is from a Gaelic river name meaning ‘elm river’.Dutch and North German : from a Flemish saint’s name, Lefwin (Lieven), the patron saint of Ghent (see Lewin 2).
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey).Welsh : Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1).German : variant of Moritz.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames (see Morse).Morris was the name of an extensive and powerful family in colonial North America, whose members played a leading part in the emergence of the nation. They were descended from Richard Morris (d. 1672), who fought in Oliver Cromwell’s army and then became a merchant in Barbados. His son Lewis (1671–1746) established the “manor†of Morrisania in NY. His grandson, Lewis (1726–98), third owner of that manor, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Two other grandsons, Richard and Gouverneur, were also key figures in the Revolution. Their half-brother Staats Morris (1728–1800) was a general in the British army who was appointed governor of Quebec.
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English (Gloucestershire and South Wales)
English (Gloucestershire and South Wales) : most probably from the Norman personal name Luce (a vernacular form of Latin Lucia or Lucius). This is generally a female name, although male bearers are found in France. It was borne by a young Sicilian maiden and an aged Roman widow, both of whom were martyred under Diocletian and are venerated as saints.English (Gloucestershire and South Wales) : Alternatively, the surname may be a variant of Lewis.English (Gloucestershire and South Wales) : American bearers of this surname are descended from Henry Luce (1640–c.1688), who came to Scituate, MA, from south Wales in or before 1666, and moved to Martha’s Vineyard, MA, in about 1670. He had many prominent descendants.
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Hindu, Indian, Tamil
One who Brings Good Fortune for Everyone
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Tamil
Goddess Lakshmi
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English
English : nickname for someone with fair hair or a lock of fair hair, from Middle English schirloc, composed of words meaning ‘bright’, ‘fair’ + ‘lock (of hair)’. This surname has also been established in Ireland since the 13th century.
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Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of Scandinavian Anlaf (O.N. Ãnleifr), AMHLAIBH means "heir of the ancestors."
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Hindu
One who takes care the universe, Caretaker of the world God
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Native American
pitched trees.
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Celtic Irish
Strong.
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Maltese and Italian
Maltese and Italian : variant of Muscato.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Muskat.English : probably a variant spelling of Muscott.
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Irish
Modern form of Irish Gaelic Séamus, SÉAMAS means "supplanter."
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A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spaet'lum.
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Alt. of Lewisson
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A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
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An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.
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One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen.