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.

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)

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Lowe is the 334th 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.

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