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Lewi

Gender
Boy
Say it
LOO-ee
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#3,329 for boys
US rank, 2025
#6,799 for boys

Lewi is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).

What does Lewi mean?

Germanic: probably a spelling of Lewie, a pet form of Lewis

Probably a spelling of Lewie, from Lewis; Lewi is also the Polish spelling of the biblical Levi.

Is Lewi a girl's or a boy's name?

Lewi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lewi in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,329among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Lewi, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 19 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Lewi than any year since 2002.

Half of all the boys named Lewi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,720 boys in the UK were given Lewi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #13, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

2000Busiest: 19 in 20192025
Lewi in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#3,329
202410#2,328
202313#1,917
202218#1,501
202115#1,686
202012#1,923
201919#1,412
201817#1,555
201713#1,922
201616#1,655
201516#1,612
201416#1,573
201316#1,560
201213#1,850
201116#1,542
201014#1,724
200917#1,451
200816#1,490
200711#1,848
200611#1,742
20057#2,292
20049#1,831
20039#1,723
20026#2,106
20015#2,326
20004#2,612

How popular is Lewi in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,799among boys
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 140,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Lewi, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.

Half of all the boys named Lewi in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,900 boys in the US were given Lewi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #210, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.

2011Busiest: 15 in 20222025
Lewi in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#6,799
202411#7,252
202312#6,892
202215#5,870
20218#8,820
20208#8,734
20198#8,883
201810#7,613
20175#12,241
201610#7,600
20158#8,739
201410#7,557
20139#8,113
20129#8,152
20119#8,072

Names like Lewi

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lewi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lewi, updated 20 October 2026.