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Leavitt

in New York

There are 374 people with the last name "Leavitt" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

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Leavitt 4,402
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  1. is 4,398th most common Daugherty
  2. is 4,399th most common Dent
  3. is 4,400th most common Dill
  4. is 4,401st most common Gaeta
  5. is 4,402nd most common Leavitt
  6. is 4,403rd most common Mazzone
  7. is 4,404th most common Mesa
  8. is 4,405th most common New
  9. is 4,406th most common Paquette

Most Common First Names for Leavitt

David, Jennifer, Michael, Norman, Robert, Edward, William, Bernard, John, Karen

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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