Creole peoples were a mixture of people of European ancestry and slave populations (or free men and women of color). They were also referred to as "criollos", a word from the Spanish language meaning "created" and used in the post-French governance period to distinguish the two groups of New Orleans area and down river Creoles. Both mixed race and European Creole groups share many traditions and language, but their socio-economic roots differed in the original period of Louisiana history. Actually, the French word Creole is derived from the Portuguese word "Crioulo", which described Spaniards born in the Americas as opposed to Spain.
Levett may have different spelling the likes of Levett, Levet, Leavett, Leavitt, Livett, Livitt and others. As to its origin, or rather we can talk about etimology of the word, there are a lot of possible variants. It may be derived from Anglo-Norman, and later French word. The derivation is from the Anglo-Norman French word "levet", which in its turn is originated from "lou" or "leu", in the meaning of young wolf. And another possible origin can be tracked from numerous Norman names of locations with such name as "Livet". There are also two possible English origins, either developed from personal