Jowett Name Meaning
English: variant of Jewett .
Jowitt Name Meaning
See Jowett .
Jewett Name Meaning
English (northern): from the Middle English female personal name Jouet Jouot Juet. This was an Anglo-Norman French pronunciation of the Biblical name Judith and also a pet form (with the Anglo-Norman French suffix -et(te)) of both Judith and the much commoner female name Julian (from Latin Juliana a derivative of Julius). See Jew and Julian . Americanized form of French Jouet or Jouët (see Jouett ) and possibly also of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Jouett, Rowett, Howett, Juett, Jewitt, Lovett, Howitt, Howeth
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts