Släkthistoria för Clow
Clow Vad efternamn betyder
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.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
