Alternative form of low ("flame").
"The old ballad tells how the hero would low his torch to see in the dark cave."
"The lowe in our garden provided shade for the vegetables during summer afternoons."
A surname.
"The Lowe family has lived in that house for three generations."
The surname Lowe has multiple origins, including variants of the German word for lion and the Old French term for wolf. It also derives from Old Norse meaning "short" or Old English referring to a hill used as a burial ground.