Lewis

Where Lewis comes from

From Middle English Lewis, Lowis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French Louis, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg. Doublet of Louis.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lewis
  • Frankish
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #30 among boys with 517 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1895
    Lewis Milestone born
    Russian-American film director
  3. 1985
    Lewis Hamilton born
    British racing driver
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Frankish.
Namesakes
  • Lewis Hamilton · British racing driver, born 1985
  • Lewis Milestone · Russian-American film director, 1895–1980
  • Lewis Mumford · American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology and literary critic, 1895–1990
  • Lewis Capaldi · Scottish singer-songwriter, born 1996
  • Lewis Holtby · German footballer, born 1990

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.