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Lowan

Gender
Boy
Say it
LOH-an
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#2,511 for boys

Lowan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).

Where does Lowan come from?

Modern: probably a blend of Logan and Rowan; compare Cornish lowen 'happy'

Is Lowan a girl's or a boy's name?

Lowan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lowan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,511among boys
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 44% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Lowan, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 10 boys.

Half of all the boys named Lowan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 132 boys in the UK were given Lowan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #369, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

2007Busiest: 10 in 20102025
Lowan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
20247#3,003
20237#2,965
20229#2,457
20218#2,619
20207#2,819
20195#3,597
20184#4,169
20173#4,995
20166#3,241
20159#2,425
20140–
20133#4,884
20120–
20114#3,986
201010#2,141
20090–
20088#2,384
20073#4,486

Names like Lowan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Lowan

Names related to Lowan

More Modern names

Every Modern name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lowan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lowan, updated 20 October 2026.