Lewis.
A male given name from Frankish.
Meaning & usage
A male given name from Frankish.
An English surname originating as a patronymic.
The title given to a partially apprenticed Freemason who is normally the Master or Son of a practicing Freemason; one practising or learning the degrees of Freemasonry after introduction to the degrees and before full induction or before becoming a Worshipful Brother.
A locale in the United States: A census-designated place in Montezuma County, Colorado.
A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Vigo County, Indiana.
A locale in the United States: A minor city in Cass County, Iowa.
A locale in the United States: A minor city in Edwards County, Kansas; named for journalist M. M. Lewis.
A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri; named for landowner Howell Lewis.
A locale in the United States: A town in Essex County, New York; named for Morgan Lewis, 3rd Governor of New York.
A locale in the United States: A town in Lewis County, New York; named for its county, itself for Morgan Lewis.
A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Granville County, North Carolina.
A locale in the United States: A town in Essex County, Vermont; named for landowners Nathan, Sevignior and Timothy Lewis.
A locale in the United States: A census-designated place in Clam Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin; named for founder Charles E. Lewis.
A locale in the United States: A ghost town in California.
A locale in the United States: A number of townships, listed under Lewis Township.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English Lewis, Lowis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French Louis, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg. Doublet of Louis.
A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Where this word comes from
An anglicization of Irish Lobhaois, itself from Old French Louis.
A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Where this word comes from
An adopted anglicization of Welsh Llywelyn, from Old Welsh, from Proto-Brythonic *Lluɣβelen, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus + *Belinos, whose origin is disputed; see Belenus.
Ellipsis of the Isle of Lewis: an island of Scotland, United Kingdom.
Where this word comes from
Derived from Scottish Gaelic Leòdhas, of uncertain origin; traditionally referred to Old Norse Ljóðahús, from ljóð (“song, poem”) + hús (“house”); but may be related to the Pictish name of the island recorded in Ptolemy's Geography as Λίμνου (Límnou).
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