Lowry

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lori in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 18 more, Laurie in NL Netherlands, ES Spain, MY Malaysia and 2 more and Lorri in FR France, BR Brazil.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lowry is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname12K records spelled Lowry6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Löwry

• Polish surname704 records spelled Lowry2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Lówry

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lowry is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, An open boxcar used on railroads.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• from a pet form of Lawrence.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 61 years between 1900–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Thomas Martin Lowryb. 1874GBEnglish chemist (1874–1936)
• Laurence Stephen Lowryb. 1887GBBritish visual artist (1887–1976)
• Malcolm Lowryb. 1909GBBritish writer (1909–1957)
• Lois Lowryb. 1937USAmerican writer
• Mike Lowryb. 1939USAmerican politician (1939-2017)
• Heath W. Lowryb. 1942USAmerican historian
• Dick Lowryb. 1944USAmerican director and film producer
• Lynn Lowryb. 1947USAmerican actress
• Kyle Lowryb. 1986USAmerican basketball player (born 1986)
• Hunt LowryUSfilm producer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 108 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lowry?

We estimate roughly 334 thousand people bear Lowry (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Lowry have the most bearers?

We estimate about 299 thousand people bear Lowry in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled lori.

How common is Lowry compared with other names?

In the United States, Lowry is the 82nd most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

What does the name Lowry mean?

Recorded meaning: either ‘little Lawrence’ or from Irish Gaelic O Labhradha