Lett Name Origin and Family Crest

Before any talk of crests, here are the plain facts about Lett. The 2010 US Census counted 6,385 people named Lett, ranking it number 5,451 among American surnames. French birth records list 928 children named Lett between 1891 and 2000.

Lett coat of arms

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Lett, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms.

Surname origin

Spelling in old records was loose, so search for Lett under several forms. The meaning of Lett is not given in the reference works we use for these short pages; a full report traces it from your own family's records.

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