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Meaning & Origins
From the Latin name Urbanus ‘city dweller’. This was borne by numerous early saints, and was adopted by several popes.
| 6,008th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English (but most common in Wales): from Lowis, Lodovicus, a Norman personal name composed of the Germanic elements hlod ‘fame’ + wīg ‘war’. This was the name of the founder of the Frankish dynasty, recorded in Latin chronicles as Ludovicus and Chlodovechus (the latter form becoming Old French Clovis, Clouis, Louis, the former developing into German Ludwig). The name was popular throughout France in the Middle Ages and was introduced to England by the Normans. In Wales it became inextricably confused with 2.
| 26th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Urbano, Urbain, Urbana, Urbane, Urbania, Urbani, Urbanie, Urbaine, Urbanna, Urbaian
Lewin, Lewicki, Lewison, Lewinski, Lewing, Lewicke, Luwisch, Lewiski, Lewick, Lehigh
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