Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
LEVERETT
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
LEVERETT. Not the young hare— but the female greyhound — Fr. Uvn'tfe ; probably applied to a swift-footed person. In like manner Leveridge, if not local, may be the Fr. levricte, wliich is a diminutive of levrette.
Surname type: Diminutive
Origin: English
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: English