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lelievre Name Meaning and History

French (Lelièvre): nickname for a fleet-footed or timid person, from Old French le levre ‘the hare’. It may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a hunter of hares.

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lelievre Family Facts

Distribution of lelievre Families in the US in 1920
Number of lelievre families
 3-3
 2-2
 1
 0
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