The lewkowicz Surname
lewkowicz Name Meaning and History
- Polish and Jewish (from Poland): patronymic from the personal name Lewek, a pet form of Lew, meaning ‘lion’ (see Lyon 2). As a Jewish personal name it was used as a Polish equivalent of Yiddish leyb (see Leib 1).
- Polish: perhaps also a patronymic from the nickname Lewek ‘left-handed’, a diminutive of Lewy 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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