Llewes meaning | Last name Llewes origin

The family name is variation of Lewis. The Welsh personal name, the same as the French Louis. Also one of the Hebrides. Many of the Welsh families conceal beneath this common, and usually plebeian name, blood and pedigree of remote antiquity. For example, LEWIS of Green-meadow springs from Gwaethvoed, descended from the ancient princes of Britain, and a contemporary of the Anglo-Saxon king Edgar. LEWIS of Gilfach claims from Cradoc ap Guillym, who flourished in the XIII century. LEWIS of St. Pierre derives from Cadifor, prince or chieftain of Divet (a district which comprised Pembrokeshire and part of Caermarthen), about the time of the Norman Conquest. In these cases, the name Lewis was not hereditary until temp. Henry VIII or Elizabeth.

The is a form of Louis. Descendant of Louis meaning "hear, fight".

A variant of the Lewis. Descendant of Lewis meaning "hear, fight".

Family name is form of Lewes. Lewis1. The county-town of Sussex. 2. The same as - The Welsh personal name, the same as the French Louis. Also one of the Hebrides. Many of the Welsh families conceal beneath this common, and usually plebeian name, blood and pedigree of remote antiquity. For example, LEWIS of Green-meadow springs from Gwaethvoed, descended from the ancient princes of Britain, and a contemporary of the Anglo-Saxon king Edgar. LEWIS of Gilfach claims from Cradoc ap Guillym, who flourished in the XIII century. LEWIS of St. Pierre derives from Cadifor, prince or chieftain of Divet (a district which comprised Pembrokeshire and part of Caermarthen), about the time of the Norman Conquest. In these cases, the name Lewis was not hereditary until temp. Henry VIII or Elizabeth.