Parent’s name
Blevins surname meaning
A Welsh surname, an Anglicized form of Blethen (from Middle Welsh Blethyn / Old Welsh Bledgint) with a later excrescent -s; also “son of Blethyn.”
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Blevins is a Welsh surname, an Anglicized form of Blethen with a post-medieval excrescent -s. Blethen comes from the Middle Welsh personal name Blethyn (Old Welsh Bledgint), built from elements glossed as “wolf” and “first,” or from ap Blethyn, “son of Blethyn.” Blevin, Blevens, and Blethen appear in British and American records beside Blevins. Parent’s name is high confidence for the Blethyn personal-name and patronymic path that DAFN gives for both Blethen and Blevins; the added -s is a spelling development, not a separate meaning.
Also seen as: Blevins, Blevin, Blethen, Blevens
Sources used
- Ancestry / DAFN entry for Blevins (Anglicized Blethen with -s)
- Ancestry / DAFN entry for Blethen (Welsh Blethyn; ap Blethyn ‘son of Blethyn’)
- Names2020_LastNames_RaceHispanic_Top1000.xlsx (2020 Census)