Meaning of name Lou

The name Lou has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby girl name, Lou is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Lou in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Lou is very likely a(n) Nickname variant of the name Marilou. See other suggested Nickname baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Marilou.

The following names are baby names related to Lou and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Lou: Boys - Doron, Eliezer, Elliot, Elza, Hosea, Hosie, Jeromy, Matteo, Nissan, Nissim, Oris, Yehuda, Yehudi, Girls - Eliana, Sarai, Sariah, Zilpah, Zilpha, Both genders - Dagen, Eden, Jaiden, John

The name Lou is a variant of Marilou. Other popular variants of the name Marilou are: Lou (Nickname)

We think the name Lou should fall under the following style category: Traditional.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Lou to be: A cute, petite and friendly girl

In one word, you might describe Lou as a(n) "friendly" person.

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