Lew - name meaning and origin

The boy's name Lew \lew\ is a variant of Lewis (English), Llewellyn (Welsh) and Louis (French, Old German), and the meaning of Lew is "like a lion; famous warrior".

The baby name Lew sounds like Lee, Le-, Leo, Lea, Le, Lev and Loew. Other similar baby names are Hew, Lem, Len and Les.

Lew is a very rare male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Lew. Compare Lew with related baby names.