Can LEWITHAN and LOEWENTHAL be versions of the same name?

[Patricia B Fuller patbfuller@roadrunner.com]

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To all the surname experts on this list:

I am wondering whether LEWITHAN (LEVITAN) and LOEWENTHAL can be versions of
the same surname? I am trying to determine whether a death certificate from
Konigsberg, East Prussia, from 1926, for a Dora LOEWENTHAL, and a death
certificate from Konigsberg from 1900 referring to the widow as Rosa
Dorothea LEWITHAN may be referring to the same person. If so, the 1926
certificate may be my great-great grandmother's.

Please reply privately unless you think the response would be of general
interest. Many thanks.

Pat Redman Fuller (patbf...@roadrunner.com)
Simi Valley, California, USA

RESEARCHING: FAINBOIM Basarabeasca Moldova; KAPLITS Ukmerge Lithuania;
LEVITAN Kaliningrad Russia; LIPPMAN Kaliningrad Russia or Taurage Lithuania;
MUSS Ukmerge Lithuania; NATHANSON Taurage Lithuania; RACHBUCH (RAICH) Hoceni
Romania; ROITMAN Carpineni Moldova; SHKOLNIK Hincesti Moldova
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[Ira Martin Leviton iraleviton@yahoo.com]

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Dear Cousins,

Pat Fuller asked the surname experts in this group whether LEWITHAN
(LEVITAN) and LOEWENTHAL can be different versions of the same surname.

I'm not a surname expert, but based on the different roots of these
names - and some personal experience - my answer is no. LEWITHAN and
its variations signify Levitic origin, and LOEWENTHAL is related to Loeb
and further back to Leib, and then to its Hebrew equivalent Arye, all
meaning 'lion.'
Regards,

Ira Leviton