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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Löwenthal) : habitational name from any of various places called Löwenthal.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) and Swedish (Löwenthal) : ornamental name composed of German Löwe ‘lion’ + T(h)al ‘valley’; in some cases the Jewish name would have been an ornamental elaboration associated with the personal name Levy or with personal names meaning ‘lion’.

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