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Leavitt

in Tennessee

There are 50 people with the last name "Leavitt" in Tennessee.

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Leavitt 8,759
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  1. is 8,755th most common Kroeger
  2. is 8,756th most common Kwon
  3. is 8,757th most common Leahy
  4. is 8,758th most common Leatherman
  5. is 8,759th most common Leavitt
  6. is 8,760th most common Leone
  7. is 8,761st most common Linderman
  8. is 8,762nd most common Lockert
  9. is 8,763rd most common Loeffler

Most Common First Names for Leavitt

Alfred, David, James, Joseph, Julie, Linda, Paul, Rodney, Alleen

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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