To Understand our origin, lets undrstand meaning of all the word first.
Patidar has two words in it, "PATI" means land and "DAR" means the person who owns it. so "Patidar" means "owner of land".
The surname Patel is the most widely used name today. Originally the Kurmis of Punjab, after having settled in Gujarat around 1400 A.D. were allocated the uncultivated land in Petlad Taluka by the Solankis, the rulers of Gujarat at the time. The Solanki ruler allocated land equivalent to one village to each family for cultivation. The Kanbi family being highly motivated and hard working to succeed cultivated the land and prospered. The King has an agreement with Kanbis and had appointed a headman, whose responsibility was to keep the records of the crops on a PAT. The person keeping the record was known as PATLIK, and was shortened to PATAL, and eventually to PATEL.
Leva Patel (Leuva Patidar) is a sub-caste of Patidars in India. Lewa : The sect which is the origin from 'Lava' is called Lewa. The lineage of Ikshwanku, Suryavanshi, living in Ayodhya established new city in Punjab. The name Lahore came from Lava. At present Lahore which is on the bank of Ravi is in Pakistan. This is the original place of Lava sect. The Lava sect which conquerred that part of Punjab is called Leva Region. The people there even now are called Leva. According to some authorities, Lava was born in the 40th generation of Survansh and according to some other authorities Lava was born to Sita from Ram in the 66th generation of Survansh.
Vagad region is a region between North-West of Kutch and Gujarat. The word Vagad literally means air and stone . That is, this area is of air and stones. વાગડ વિસ્તારનો ઉલ્લેખ ગુજરાતી લોકસાહિત્યના પ્રખ્યાત દુહામાં થયો છે. શિયાળે સોરઠ ભલો, ઉનાળે ગુજરાત. વરખામાં વાગડ ભલો, કચ્છડો બારેમાસ.