LEW

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old High German 1.3 Old Saxon 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element, perhaps related to LEO or LYD

Ancient Germanic

*lewa(n)- = uncertain meaning ^[1]

Old High German

lewo = 'lion' ^{[2] [3]}
leo = 'lion' ^{[4] [3]}

Old Saxon

leo = 'lion' ^[4]

Related Names

See Leo

Combinations

Name Element	Example
HARD	see Leonhard

First Element Forms

Le- Len- Lenn- Leo- Leon- Leun- Levn-

Last Element Forms

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
4. ↑ Dr. Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches namenbuch (1856)