Barlowe Surname Guide

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Barlow surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Meaning of the name

Search old registers for Barlowe and you will soon meet Barlow too. Name scholars give the meaning as “Barley hill”.

The extra “e” in Barlowe is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Barloe and Barlo. The 2010 census count for Barlowe in the United States was 642, good for rank 35,096.

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