# Lowell

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈləʊ.əl/ · frequency rank #16,274

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

## Easily confused with
- **lower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowell-vs-lower)
- **lowly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowell-vs-lowly)
- **lowest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowell-vs-lowest)
- **Lowers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowell-vs-lowers)
- **lowery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowell-vs-lowery)
- **lowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowe-vs-lowell)
- **lovely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovely-vs-lowell)
- **lonely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lonely-vs-lowell)
- **Lovell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovell-vs-lowell)

## Common misspellings (7)
`llowell`, `loewll`, `lowel`, `lowlel`, `lowwell`, `lwoell`, `olwell`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lowell