Lowell

//ˈləʊ.əl// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Anglo-Norman, a variant of Lovell.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; named for American businessman Francis Cabot Lowell.
  4. 4
    A town in Lake County, Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  5. 5
    A city in Arkansas.
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  1. 6
    A city in Michigan.
  2. 7
    A city in North Carolina; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  3. 8
    A town and village Wisconsin.
  4. 9
    A city in Oregon; named for the town in Maine.
  5. 10
    A town in Vermont.
  6. 11
    A village in Washington County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  7. 12
    A town in Maine; named for Lowell Hayden, the first white child born in the area.
  8. 13
    An unincorporated community in California.
  9. 14
    An unincorporated community in Florida; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  10. 15
    An unincorporated community in Idaho; named for postmaster Henry Lowell.
  11. 16
    An unincorporated community in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
  12. 17
    An unincorporated community in Seneca County, Ohio.
  13. 18
    An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for businessmen A. C. and Erastus Preston Lowe.

Etymology

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

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