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Baby Name Lewis |
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| Meaning of Lewis - What does the name Lewis means? |
| Pronunciation: |
| loo-iss |  |
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| Gender: |
Boy Name |
| Origin: |
Scottish |
| Name Meaning: |
Variant of Louis, a borrowing from the French which evolved from the Old French Loeis, a name derived from the Old High German Hluodowig, a compound name composed of the elements hluod (famous) and wig (war, strife): hence, "famous in war." Lewis had the alternative role of Anglicizing the Gaelic Lughaidh, an ancient name of uncertain derivation. Luthais is the Gaelic form |
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View this name in other origins -
English, Scottish, Welsh |
| Shortened forms: | Lew. | | Pet forms: | Lewie |
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