Lew Family History
Lew Name Meaning
Polish: from the personal name Lew ‘lion’ adopted as a translation of Leon . Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Lev . English: topographic name for someone who lived by a hill or ancient burial mound Old English hlǣw or a habitational name from Lew in Oxfordshire named with this word. English: nickname from Anglo-Norman French leu ‘wolf’ used either as a nickname or a personal name. Compare Low . Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 劉 and 柳 see Liu 1 and Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 廖 see Liao .7: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 呂 see Lu 6.8: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 雷 see Lei 9: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 陸 see Lu 5.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022