Family name origins & meanings
- German : of uncertain origin; possibly a topographic name from Middle High German lē (genitive lēwes) ‘hill’, or a northern nickname for a brave or healthy man, from Middle Low German lēbar(e) ‘leopard’. Compare Lebert.
- Dutch : habitational name from places called Le or Lew, meaning ‘hill’, from the same word as 1.
- Slovenian : unexplained.