Where did the name Leuven come from? What is their coat of arms? When did the Leuven family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

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Leuven

Origin Displayed: Italian

Origins Available: German, Italian

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lively, Livelli, Livelly, Leuvelin, Leuveling, Leubfling, Leuven, Leivelli, Leifelly, Lievely, Leuvel and many more.

First found in Padua a city of northern Italian on the River Bacchiglione, anciently known as Patavium, and then Padova.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Matthew Lively, who arrived in Virginia in 1734; Elsi Van Leuvel, who came to Philadelphia in 1795; H. Lively, who came to New York, NY in 1821; Gert Leiveling, who came to Cincinnati in 1843.

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RENAISSANCE

The Renaissance was a great rebirth of Classical art, literature, and science. It began in the Italian city-state of Florence in the 14th century and it was characterized by the spread of humanism and the beginning of objective scientific inquiry. Wealthy Florentine merchants and bankers such as the powerful Medici family, saw themselves as the heirs of the great figures of the ancient Roman Empire. Many of these families became the lavish patrons of artists and scholars in order to increase their own prestige and secure political power.