What's the history and origin of this last name?

Does anyone know the history and origin of the last name "Levin"?

What's the history and origin of this last name?
1. Jewish (mainly from Lithuania and Belarus): Slavicized form of Levy.





2. Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German: from the personal name Levin, which was also used by German Christians as a derivative of Liebwin. As a Jewish name it sometimes represents a pet form of western Yiddish 鈥榣ion鈥?(see Loewe 2).





3. Russian: patronymic of L毛va, a pet form of the personal name Lev + the Russian possessive suffix -in.





The New York Passenger List shows most Levin families came from Russia (which would include Lithuania, Belarus, and parts of Poland), Germany (which would include Old Prussia and other part of Poland), Sweden, and Ireland
Reply:It's probably an Americanization of the Jewish name Levi so people wouldn't really know the family is Jewish.
Reply:Levin


Jewish (mainly from Lithuania and Belarus): Slavicized form of Levy.


Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German: from the personal name Levin, which was also used by German Christians as a derivative of Liebwin. As a Jewish name it sometimes represents a pet form of western Yiddish 鈥榣ion鈥?(see Loewe 2).


Russian: patronymic of L毛va, a pet form of the personal name Lev + the Russian possessive suffix -in.
Reply:It is a jewish name, can be french, but even the french varient has jewish roots.
Reply:It can be of French origin too.