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10/9/2016, 11:22 PM LMS

Name Lever
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage French, English
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified

Meaning & History

Nickname for a fleet-footed or timid person, from Old French levre "hare" (Latin lepus, genitive leporis). It may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a hunter of hares.
Added 10/9/2016 by LMS