The levis Surname
levis Name Meaning and History
- Jewish: Americanized form of some like-sounding Ashkenazic surname such as Levy or Levinson.
- French: habitational name from Levis, Yonne.
- French (Artois): from Old French vis ‘(spiral) staircase’, with the Old Picard feminine article le; perhaps a nickname for someone whose house had such a feature.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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