One of the origins of the surname, in England and Wales, is from the Norman personal name Lowis, Lodovicus.
This name is from the post-Classical Latin name Ludovicus, the latinized form of the Germanic name Hlūtwīg, meaning "famed battle" (hlūt meaning "loud" or "famous" and wīg meaning "battle").
The name developed into the Old French Clovis, Clouis, and Louis.
Among the earliest examples being the Lewis family of Glamorgan in the 1540s.
The surname Lewis is also an Anglicisation of several like-sounding Jewish surnames,[2] such as "Levy" or "Levi", and of the Arab form of the name "Elias".