Lew

Where Lew comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lew.

  • 1 syllable
Lew through the years
  1. 1827
    Lew Wallace born
    American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author of 'Ben Hur'
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #381 among boys with 20 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #595.
  4. 1934
    Lew Hoad born
    Australian tennis player
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Lewis.
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Lew Wallace · American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author of 'Ben Hur', 1827–1905
  • Lew Hoad · Australian tennis player, 1934–1994
  • Lew Rockwell · American libertarian author, editor, and political consultant, born 1944
  • Lew Temple · American actor, born 1967
  • Lew Cody · American actor, 1884–1934

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.