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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Löwenstein) : habitational name from any of several places called Löwenstein.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) and Swedish (Löwenstein) : ornamental name composed of German Löwe ‘lion’ + Stein ‘stone’; in some cases the Jewish name is an ornamental elaboration associated with the personal names Levi (see Levy) or Lew ‘lion’.

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