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Low

in Massachusetts

There are 293 people with the last name "Low" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

NameRank
Low 2,555
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  1. is 2,551st most common Archibald
  2. is 2,552nd most common Blum
  3. is 2,553rd most common Fitzgibbons
  4. is 2,554th most common Gaines
  5. is 2,555th most common Low
  6. is 2,556th most common Pendergast
  7. is 2,557th most common Rubino
  8. is 2,558th most common Shelton
  9. is 2,559th most common Bono

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Low

David, William, Andrew, Robert, James, John, Richard, Sam, Stephen, Anne

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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