Loe as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Loe

What is the meaning of the name Loe ?

The baby name Loe is a boy name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced LOH.

Loe is English in Origin.

Loe is best explained as an English transferred surname rather than a securely attested Hawaiian royal title. Its clearest etymology is Old English hlāw, recorded in early medieval charters for a mound, hill, or burial barrow. In Middle English the initial cluster simplified, producing forms such as lawe, lowe, and loe; as a locative byname it identified someone living near a conspicuous mound or small hill.

The surname is documented in England by the late medieval period and later appears in colonial passenger records, often alternating with Low, Lowe, or Lee in spelling. As a forename Loe remains rare and is not ranked in recent U.S. birth statistics. Dutch usage also includes Loe as a short form or nickname, most notably in the name of historian Loe de Jong, but that represents a separate informal tradition rather than the English surname root.