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Low

in Maryland

There are 142 people with the last name "Low" in Maryland.

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Ranking in Maryland

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Low 3,757
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  1. is 3,753rd most common Fick
  2. is 3,754th most common Fong
  3. is 3,755th most common Kenner
  4. is 3,756th most common Landsman
  5. is 3,757th most common Low
  6. is 3,758th most common Mccubbin
  7. is 3,759th most common Mcvey
  8. is 3,760th most common Niles
  9. is 3,761st most common Oster

Similar Names and Nicknames

Law, Lo, Loy, Lew, Loo, Lou, Loh, Loe, Loi, Loa

Most Common First Names for Low

John, James, Mary, Charles, David, Elizabeth, Gordon, Jeffrey, Rhonda, Robert

Meaning & History

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Low

English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a tumulus, mound or hill, Middle English lowe, from Old English hlāw (see Law 2).

Scottish and English: nickname for a short man, from Middle English lah, lowe (Old Norse lágr; the word was adopted first into the northern dialects of Middle English, where Scandinavian influence was strong, and then spread south, with regular alteration of the vowel quality).

English and Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname for a violent or dangerous person, from Anglo-Norman French lou, leu ‘wolf’ (Latin lupus). Wolves were relatively common in Britain at the time when most surnames were formed, as there still existed large tracts of uncleared forest.

Scottish: from a pet form of Lawrence. Compare Lowry 1.

Americanized spelling of Jewish Lowe.

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