Meaning & origin
What it means
Brownlow goes back to Old English brūn, meaning “brown.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brownlow through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1922. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,203 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Brownlow
- Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of ExeterEnglish cricketer (1795-1867)
- Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of ExeterBritish peer and Conservative politician (1849-1898)
- Brownlow Bertie, 5th Duke of Ancaster and KestevenBritish politician (1729-1809)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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