Plew Family History
Plew Name Meaning
German: perhaps a variant of Plewe a habitational name from a place so named in Brandenburg. English: variant of Plaw a topographic name for someone who lived by a place where sports and games were played from Middle English plaghe plawe pleie ploghe plowe (Old English plega plæga plaga) ‘play sport game merriment’ and by transference ‘play-place’. English: northern variant of Plow itself a variant of Plough ‘plow’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022