Lowe

See also: lowe and Löwe

English

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.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lowe

1. A surname.
2. A place name:
   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).

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lowe is the 334^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 92,260 individuals. Lowe is most common among White (73.04%) and Black (19.35%) individuals.

See also

• Cauldon Lowe

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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 466.

Anagrams

• Loew, owel, wole