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Meaning & Origins
English form, since the Middle Ages, of the French name Louis. In modern use it is also in part a transferred use of the surname derived from this given name, or from Anglicized forms of Gaelic Mac Lughaidh ‘son of Lughaidh’ or Welsh Llewelyn.
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English, Scottish, and Irish: from Middle English whit ‘white’, hence a nickname for someone with white hair or an unnaturally pale complexion. In some cases it represents a Middle English personal name, from an Old English byname, Hwīt(a), of this origin. As a Scottish and Irish surname it has been widely used as a translation of the many Gaelic names based on bán ‘white’ (see Bain 1) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). There has also been some confusion with Wight.
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Nicknames & variations
Lewise, Leigh, Lewisa, Les, Lesa, Lewid, Lewissa, Leisa, Lewicki, Lewisha
Whitaker, Whitehead, Whitney, Whitfield, Whitley, Whitman, Whittaker, Whittington, Whitlock, Whiting
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