Given name & surname
Lewi
“joining”
Lewi is a surname. It is used in English, Polish, and Hawaiian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lewi is a variant of Louis. An origin associated with Louis is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Levi, from Ancient Greek Λευΐ, from Hebrew לוי.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lewi is a variant of Louis. The history of Louis gives this family its wider story. Louis has a history of use among French royal or aristocratic families.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Lewi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 144
- 144 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #7,040 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +41%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,040 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 41.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 407 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.
Lewi’s family of names
In English usage, Lewi as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Levi. Lewi has a related form in Louis. In Polish usage, Lewi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Levi.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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