Scottish: habitational name from a place in Lothian, originally
named in Middle English as Levingston, from an owner called
Levin (see Lewin 1), who appears in charters of David I
in the early 12th century.Irish: name adopted as equivalent of
Gaelic Ó Duinnshléibhe and Mac Duinnshléibhe
(see Dunleavy).Americanized form of Jewish
Lowenstein.
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