lowe

L1O1W4E1
US/loʊ/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld French lou ← Old Norse lágr ← Old English hlāw →
CommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

lowe1

nounlowe (plural lowes)

plural lowes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of low ("flame").

    Love is a living Lowe that lurking burneth.

    1884, Richard Francis Burton, The lyricks [of] Camoens, translation of original by Luís de Camões, page 78
    1 more example

    An' by my ingle-lowe I saw, / Now bleezin' bright,

    1786, Robert Burns, The Vision

Lowe2

proper nounLowe (countable and uncountable, plural Lowes)

plural Lowes

  1. countableuncountableA surname.

    That is partly due to a resurgent Labour Party under Andy Burnham, and the rise of Restore, a party led by former Reform MP Rupert Lowe.

    2026 September 4, Joe Pike, “Three crucial questions facing Farage at Reform conference”, in BBC News, retrieved 04 Sep 2026
  2. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
    2. countableuncountableA township in Moultrie County, Illinois, United States.
    3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5030).
verbLowe (third-person singular simple present Lowes, present participle Lowing, simple past and past participle Lowed)

present singular third person Lowes · participle present Lowing · participle past Lowed · past Lowed

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishhlāw“hill”
  2. Old Norselágr“low”
  3. Old Frenchlou“wolf”
  4. EnglishLowe

* 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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lowe

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Sounds the same

lowlo (toe–tow merger)lowlo (toe–tow merger)

Anagrams

LoewLeowowel
Cite this entry
APA

lowe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lowe

MLA

“lowe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lowe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lowe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lowe.

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