Given name & surname

Lewin

Lewin is a surname from Hebrew.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Lewin comes from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Lewin through the years

Babies since 1880
275
275 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2023
18 babies
2025
17
#5,515 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+52%
Rising fast
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Lewin in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1915–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,515 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 52.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 317 as a first name in 2020; 4,931 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.

Lewin’s family of names

In English usage, Lewin as a surname has a related form in Levi. In English usage, Lewin as a surname has a related form in LIVINGS.

Walk Lewin’s family in the name graph

LewinLevinLeviLewinnLivingsLlewin

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Lewin

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Lewin, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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“son of Zion”

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Haron

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>99% boys

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Elohim

“but probably powers or forces”

29RareRising fast

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Eliphaz

“God is fine gold” · “God is agile”

13Very rare

>99% boys

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Jaaziel

“God strengthens”

22RareRising

98% boys · 2% girls

Hebrew · Modern

Ithiel

“God is with me”

26RareRising fast

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Lewin’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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