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Leavitt

in New Jersey

There are 115 people with the last name "Leavitt" in New Jersey.

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Leavitt 6,991
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  1. is 6,987th most common Hua
  2. is 6,988th most common Hubler
  3. is 6,989th most common Jhaveri
  4. is 6,990th most common Laporte
  5. is 6,991st most common Leavitt
  6. is 6,992nd most common Lis
  7. is 6,993rd most common Littlejohn
  8. is 6,994th most common Main
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Most Common First Names for Leavitt

Robert, Charles, Donna, Christine, David, Helen, Jason, Thomas, Caroline, Craig

Meaning & History

English:

  • 1. (of Norman origin) nickname from Anglo-Norman French leuet ‘wolf cub’ (see Low 3).
  • 2. habitational name from any of the various places in Normandy called Livet. All are of obscure, presumably Gaulish, etymology.
  • 3. from the Middle English personal name Lefget, Old English Lēofgēat, composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + the tribal name Gēat (see Jocelyn).
  • 4. possibly from an unrecorded Middle English survival of the Old English female personal name Lēofgȳð, composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + gȳð ‘battle’.

    • FOREBEARS Early American Leavitts include John Leavitt, who was born 1608 in England and married in Hingham, MA, in 1637. His descendants spread to NH.

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