Baby name
Lowell
/LOH · ul/
Meaning
“Little wolf”
English surname from a Norman French nickname, from lou meaning wolf with a diminutive suffix, together read as little wolf.
How it ages.
Classic and literary - a surname name carried by poet James Russell Lowell, sturdy without feeling severe.
The cultural moment.
Last ranked #937 in the United States in 1986 and currently outside the top 1000 there; a rare choice among German-speaking families too.