Lewy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOO-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Lewy is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous in battle”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Lewy mean?
Germanic: spelling of Lewie; pet form of Lewis
“famous in battle”
A pet form of Lewis, the English form of Louis.
Meaning borrowed from Lewie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Lewy a girl's or a boy's name?
Lewy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lewy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Lewy, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lewy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,720 boys in the UK were given Lewy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #13, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Lewy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
Names like Lewy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa, Lenny, Henry, Bobby, Rudy, Teddy, Ozzy, Sonny, Freddie, Brody, Leo, Frederick
Other spellings of Lewy
Names related to Lewy
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lewy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lewy, updated 20 October 2026.