Jewish: Americanized form of some like-sounding Ashkenazic surname such as Levy or Levinson.
French: habitational name from Levis, Yonne.
French (Artois): from Old French vis ‘(spiral) staircase’, with the Old Picard feminine article le; perhaps a nickname for someone whose house had such a feature.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Mar 2003
