Name: Lewis
Gender: Male
Usage: Lewis is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Lewis are in general originating from France, Germany, Malta, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Lewis across the world, see Louis.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Lewis is: Fame and war, Famous warrior.
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Numerology of the first name Lewis: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Lewis is ranked on the 950th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 567400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.008% of the population. The name Lewis has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Lewis for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Lewis is 25 August.
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History and Origin
Lewis is a masculine English given name; it is a variant of the French name Louis, itself derived from Germanic (Frankish) Chlodwig.
Lewis has also been used as an anglicisation of the Gaelic male given name Lughaidh.
1 Common English form, since the Middle Ages, of the Norman and French name Louis. In modern use it is also in part a transferred use of the surname derived from this given name.
2 In Wales, an Anglicized form of LLEWELLYN.
3 In Scotland, a variant of Ludovic, or, among families connected with the Isle of Lewis, a transferred use of the placename.
4 In Ireland, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Laoiseach and Lughaidh.
Short form: Lew.
Pet forms: Lewie, Louie.
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