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Lew

Lew

66 6.7
A male first name often short for Lewis or a last name
  • proper noun
  • /luː/
translation icon : Lew
  • Lew Jordan, our personnel manager.
  • Lew et al.
  • Suinn-Lew

His mother was a school teacher and Lew was growing up during the Cultural Revolution.

Examples

  • "You'll have to get their agreement for this one, Lew," he had said.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Come on, Lew, give me a break.

    The Drowning Pool (1975)

  • My Uncle Lew, he got cancer.

    The Big Sick (2017)

  • When we reached my house, Lew stopped and I realized he wasn't next to me.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Lew and I watched him disappear behind the school buses, Lew shaking his head and saying, "What an idiot."

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Back in the Philippines before the war, I had discovered Lew's dry sense of humor.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • A man by the name of Lew Lehr was working in one of our tape laboratories in the '50s.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Lew Wells has prepared a background segment on the Juvenal phenomenon.

    Touch (1997)

  • Glenda Dockridge, Hatch's assistant and the store manager, was helping Lew Booner, their general handyman, with the dusting.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • My Uncle Lew was a great storyteller.

Synonyms

Lewie
vsLew
5 7.4

A male first name often used instead of Lewis

is the short form of Lewis or a family name rather than a variant

Surface Forms

Lew main

Etymology

Lew is a short form of Lewis and is like Lou. It comes from an old German name made of the parts hlud 'fame' and wig 'war', so Lew originally meant a 'famous warrior' and today is used as a strong male name.