As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

LEVETT. LEVIT. 1. Fr. le Vite, "the quick, speedy, or swift." 2. From one of the places in Normandy called Livet. The Itin. de la Normandic mentions no less than eight of these.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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