Lew - name meaning, 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 an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#4595 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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