Leverton Family History
Leverton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Leverton in Lincolnshire or North and South Leverton in Nottinghamshire. The Lincolnshire placename derives from Old English lǣfer ‘rush reed iris’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. The Nottinghamshire place probably takes its name from a lost river name Legre (of uncertain origin) + Old English tūn. Perhaps also from Liverton in North Yorkshire.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022