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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