Levee Family History
Levee Name Meaning
Altered form of English Levey . Americanized form of French Léveillé (see Leveille ). French (Levée): topographic name for someone who lived on a piece of high ground from levée ‘raised (ground) bank’ or a metonymic occupational name for a tax-collector from levée (d’impôts) ‘tax levy’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022