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Lowell.

A surname from Anglo-Norman, a variant of Lovell.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈləʊ.əl//ˈləʊl/
  1. A surname from Anglo-Norman, a variant of Lovell.

  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

  3. A number of places in the United States: A city in Benton County, Arkansas.

  4. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida; named for the city in Massachusetts.

  5. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho; named for postmaster Henry Lowell.

  6. A number of places in the United States: A town in Lake County, Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A township in Cherokee County, Kansas.

  8. A number of places in the United States: A town in Penobscot County, Maine; named for Lowell Hayden, the first white child born in the area.

  9. A number of places in the United States: A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; named for American businessman Francis Cabot Lowell.

  10. A number of places in the United States: A city and township in Kent County, Michigan.

  11. A number of places in the United States: A township in Polk County, Minnesota.

  12. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Linn County, Missouri.

  13. A number of places in the United States: A township in Kearney County, Nebraska.

  14. A number of places in the United States: A city in Gaston County, North Carolina; named for the city in Massachusetts.

  15. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Adams Township, Seneca County, Ohio.

  16. A number of places in the United States: A village in Washington County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.

  17. A number of places in the United States: A city in Lane County, Oregon; named for the town in Maine.

  18. A number of places in the United States: A town in Orleans County, Vermont.

  19. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia; named for businessmen A. C. and Erastus Preston Lowe.

  20. A number of places in the United States: A town and village therein in Dodge County, Wisconsin.

  21. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in California.

Where this word comes from

A Middle English diminutive of Old French lou + -el (diminutive suffix), meaning "little wolf". Akin to Wolfie.

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