Lou - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Lou \lou\, also used as girl's name Lou, is a variant of Lewis (English) and Louis (French, Old German), and the meaning of Lou is "famous warrior".

The baby name Lou sounds like Lee, La-, Le-, Leo, Lea, Le, Lew, Lleu, Loew, Louie and Lowe. Other similar baby names are Lon and Lot.

Lou is a somewhat common first name for men (#1025 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#19078 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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