Lewis

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A male given name from Frankish
• The title given to a partially apprenticed Freemason who is normally the Master or Son of a practicing Freemason; one practising or learning the degrees of Freemasonry after introduction to the degrees and before full induction or before becoming a Worshipful Brother.
• ; island Scotland (constituent country) UK (country).
• locale US (country).

Origin

• From Middle English Lewis, Lowis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French Louis, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg.
• Derived from Scottish Gaelic Leòdhas, of uncertain origin; traditionally referred to Old Norse Ljóðahús, from ljóð + hús; but may be related to the Pictish name of the island recorded in Ptolemy's Geography as Λίμνου.
• From namesake.