boy's name

Lewys

  • Origin Welsh
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 807

Lewys is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 4 babies in England and Wales. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Lewys is a name of Welsh origin.
  • Peaked in England and Wales in 2004, when 52 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in England and Wales.
  • Today about 1 in 131,735 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1996.

Lewys over time

Births per decade in England and Wales, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

351
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Lewys by decade in England and Wales
Decade Births
1990s 147
2000s 351
2010s 147
2020s (to 2025) 42

How popular is Lewys?

In 2025, Lewys was given to 4 babies in England and Wales. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Lewys is used

France #2,179 10 in 2025
Canada #2,977 5 in 2022
England & Wales #4,286 4 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Figures for England and Wales withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Lewys

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lewys also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lewys over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Lewys in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Breton
Loïc
Danish
Ludvig
Dutch
Ludwig
French
Loïc
German
Ludwig
Italian
Ludovico
Norwegian
Ludvig
Old High German
Ludwig
Polish
Ludwik
Swedish
Ludvig
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Lewis Lewy Lewes

Sibling names for Lewys

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lewys — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lewys

How popular is the name Lewys?

In 2025, Lewys was given to 4 babies in England and Wales. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Lewys a girl's or a boy's name?

Lewys is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Lewys most popular?

Lewys peaked in 2004, when 52 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Lewys a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lewys currently ranks #2,179 in England and Wales. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.