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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : variant of Levin.
  • English : variant of Leven 3.
  • Breton (Lévéné) : from an old female personal name derived from Old Breton louuinid ‘joy’, ‘gaiety’. The name gained popularity as it belonged to the mother of a Breton saint, Gwenael.
  • Altered spelling of French Lavigne, Lavin, Lavine, Levin, or various other like-sounding surnames.

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