Low as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Low

What is the meaning of the name Low ?

The baby name Low is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /loʊ/ (rhymes with 'go').

Low is German in Origin.

Low is a compact, surname-derived given name with several roots. In the British Isles it stems from Old English hlāw, “mound, hill,” surviving in Middle English low/lowe and Scots law, used for people who lived by a barrow or hill. Spelling variants include Lowe, Law, and Lowes. A separate stream comes from German and Yiddish Löw/Loew, meaning “lion,” often anglicized as Low.

Across Southeast Asia, Low is also a long-standing romanization of Chinese surnames, commonly Liu (刘; Cantonese Lau, Hokkien/Teochew Lâu) and, less often, Luo (罗; Hokkien/Teochew Lô; also Loh), with related spellings Low, Loh, Lau, Law, Lew, and Liew. As a given name, Low is rare but fits the modern, minimalist, unisex, surname-as-first trend; pronunciation varies by origin (typically “loh” in English, “lau” or “loh” for Chinese lines). Depending on source, it signifies a hill or barrow, a lion, or inherits the Chinese characters’ traditional senses.