Given name & surname
Lewellyn
“resembling a lion”
Lewellyn is a variant of Llewellyn. One Welsh interpretation is “resembling a lion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lewellyn is a variant of Llewellyn. One Welsh interpretation is “resembling a lion.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lewellyn is a variant of Llewellyn. An origin associated with Llewellyn is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lewellyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 339
- 306 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1962. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 198 as a first name in 2020; 1,467 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lewellyn’s family of names
Lewellyn has a related form in Llewellyn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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