Lowe

Etymology

• As an English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Low.
• As a German surname, spelling variant of Löwe, Loewe.
• As a Jewish surname/Yiddish surname, from German Löwe (“lion”).
• Also as a Jewish surname, Germanized from Levy.
• As a French-derived surname, from Old French lou (“wolf”).
• As a Norse-derived surname, from Old Norse lágr (“low”) (as in "short").
• As a native English-derived surname, from Old English hlāw (“hill”) (a burial ground in this case).
• Also a petname (clipping) of Laurence/Lawrence.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /loʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: low, lo

Proper noun

Lowe

1. A surname.
2. A placename:
   1. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
   2. A township in Moultrie County, Illinois, United States.
   3. A hamlet in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5030).

Verb

Lowe (third-person singular simple present Lowes, present participle Lowing, simple past and past participle Lowed)

1. (MTE, slang) A slang term for "allow", means allow it. Ex: (leave it, forget or don't worry about it)

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lowe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 466.

Anagrams

• Loew, owel, wole