spellings of the name lewis
Recorded in over fifty different spellings from Lewis, Lois, Lowis and Loisi, to such as Ludovici, Lotze, Lohde, and Ludwikiewicz, throughout Europe this great and ancient name is generally accepted as being of pre 5th century Frankish origins.owis or Lewis is the Anglo-French form of the name, and Lowis le Briton was entered in the Red Book of the Exchequer, Essex, in 1166. The surname first appears on record at the beginning of the 13th Century (see below).