Blevins Surname Meaning & Origin
What the Blevins last name means, where the surname began and how it spread.
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Meaning and origin of the Blevins last name
Meaning of the Blevins last name: son of Bleddyn (wolf cub). Blevins is a Welsh surname from the first name Bleddyn, a pet form of blaidd, "wolf", with an -s meaning "son of". A curious detail of this surname origin: the Welsh dd sounds like th, and English clerks heard and wrote it as v, which turned Bleddyn into Blevin. The last name went with Welsh settlers to Virginia and is linked with the Appalachian frontier.
Arms associated with the Blevins name
Welsh heraldry often looks back to the old princes and their lands, and coats of arms associated with the Blevins surname belong to that tradition, each set out in a short blazon.
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Blevins name FAQ
What does the Blevins name mean?
Son of Bleddyn (wolf cub). Common variants include Blevin, Blevens, Blivens.
Where does the Blevins surname come from?
It originates in Wales, and is also found in the United States, England and Canada.
Is there a Blevins coat of arms?
Arms were granted to individuals rather than to everyone with a surname. Herald Lab paints a personalized Blevins coat of arms in museum style, based on historic heraldry.
Sources: Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames (Oxford University Press, 1988); Dictionary of American Family Names (Oxford).