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Low

in New York

There are 601 people with the last name "Low" in New York.

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Low 2,688
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  1. is 2,684th most common Stowell
  2. is 2,685th most common Wan
  3. is 2,686th most common Witkowski
  4. is 2,687th most common Kroll
  5. is 2,688th most common Low
  6. is 2,689th most common Stlouis
  7. is 2,690th most common Zhong
  8. is 2,691st most common Chapin
  9. is 2,692nd most common Kushner

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Low

John, David, Richard, Edward, Kee, William, Andre, Carol, Linda

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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