Lowe
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lowe has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | 13 |
| 1999 | – | 10 |
| 2000 | – | 13 |
| 2001 | – | 20 |
| 2002 | – | 18 |
| 2003 | – | 42 |
| 2004 | 3 | 43 |
| 2005 | – | 41 |
| 2006 | – | 74 |
| 2007 | – | 59 |
| 2008 | – | 43 |
| 2009 | – | 50 |
| 2010 | – | 79 |
| 2011 | – | 67 |
| 2012 | – | 76 |
| 2013 | – | 71 |
| 2014 | – | 77 |
| 2015 | – | 113 |
| 2016 | – | 100 |
| 2017 | – | 85 |
| 2018 | – | 92 |
| 2019 | – | 126 |
| 2020 | – | 127 |
| 2021 | – | 134 |
| 2022 | – | 138 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 13 | 111 |
| 2000 | 15 | 127 |
| 2001 | 16 | 147 |
| 2002 | 16 | 165 |
| 2003 | 16 | 208 |
| 2004 | 19 | 251 |
| 2005 | 20 | 290 |
| 2006 | 20 | 363 |
| 2007 | 21 | 422 |
| 2008 | 21 | 466 |
| 2009 | 23 | 520 |
| 2010 | 24 | 600 |
| 2011 | 24 | 671 |
| 2012 | 26 | 749 |
| 2013 | 27 | 821 |
| 2014 | 29 | 898 |
| 2015 | 29 | 1,016 |
| 2016 | 30 | 1,117 |
| 2017 | 32 | 1,209 |
| 2018 | 33 | 1,299 |
| 2019 | 32 | 1,425 |
| 2020 | 34 | 1,549 |
Lowe in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lowe.Hi! My name is Lowe.
- Har du träffat Lowe? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Lowe? He started working here on Monday.
- Lowe har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Lowe has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Lowes mamma är lärare.Lowe's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lowes mamma is Lowe's mum.
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How popular is Lowe in Sweden?
138 babies were named Lowe in 2022. In 2020, 1,583 people in Sweden had Lowe as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.