Family name origins & meanings
- German (Löwenberg) : habitational name from any of several places called Löwenberg.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) and Swedish (Löwenberg) : ornamental name composed of German Löwe ‘lion’ + Berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’; in some cases the Jewish name would have been an ornamental elaboration associated with the personal name Levi (see Levy) or with the personal names meaning ‘lion’.