Lewis

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English Lewis, Lowis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French Louis, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg. Doublet of Louis.

Proper noun

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Lewis (countable and uncountable, plural Lewises)

  1. A male given name from Frankish
  2. A surname.
    1. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
    2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Lobhaois, itself from Old French Louis.
    3. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], an adopted anglicization of Llywelyn.
  3. 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.
  4. A locale in the United States:
    1. A census-designated place in Montezuma County, Colorado.
    2. An unincorporated community in Vigo County, Indiana.
    3. A minor city in Cass County, Iowa.
    4. A minor city in Edwards County, Kansas; named for journalist M. M. Lewis.
    5. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri; named for landowner Howell Lewis.
    6. A town in Essex County, New York; named for Morgan Lewis, 3rd Governor of New York.
    7. A town in Lewis County, New York; named for its county, itself for Morgan Lewis.
    8. An unincorporated community in Granville County, North Carolina.
    9. A town in Essex County, Vermont; named for landowners Nathan, Sevignior and Timothy Lewis.
    10. A census-designated place in Clam Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin; named for founder Charles E. Lewis.
    11. A ghost town in California.
    12. A number of townships, listed under Lewis Township.
Quotations
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  • c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
    And tell false Edward, thy supposed king,
    That Lewis of France is sending over masquers,
    To revel it with him and his new bride.
  • 1994, Joseph Heller, Closing Time, →ISBN, page 42:
    They named me Lewis and called me Louie as though my name was Louis, and I never saw the difference until Sammy pointed it out. And even then, I still don't see much difference.
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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Lewis is the 29th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 531,781 individuals. Lewis is most common among White (58.2%) and Black/African American (34.8%) individuals.

Etymology 2

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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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Lewis

  1. Ellipsis of Isle of Lewis; an island in Scotland, United Kingdom.
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