Clow Family History
Clow Name Meaning
English (East Midlands and East Anglia): probably from Middle English cloue a false singular form of Middle English clouse ‘bar enclosure narrow pass’ later ‘mill dam sluice-gate floodgate’. See Clowes . English and Scottish (southern and central Scotland): variant of Clough English (Devon): from an earlier form of modern Cornish cleath ‘dyke earthwork’ as found in the placename Clovelly (Devon) and most likely a habitational name referring to that place. English: possibly sometimes from Middle English clewe clowe ‘ball (of thread)’ or from the same word used in some topographic sense as seen in Clewlow (Cheshire). Americanized form of German Klau .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022