Barlow

Meanings

1. The name of villages in north-eastern England:
2. A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3474).
3. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6428).
4. A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ1560).
5. A habitational surname from Old English originating from one of these villages.
6. The name of several places in the United States, either named after one of the English villages or a person bearing the surname.
7. A minor city in Ballard County, Kentucky.
8. An extinct town in Wayne County, Missouri.
9. An unincorporated community in Foster County, North Dakota.
10. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washington County, Ohio.
11. A minor city in Clackamas County, Oregon.
12. A community in Yukon, Canada.

1. A Barlow lens.

Etymology

From Old English bere (“barley”) + hlǣw (“hill”) or lēah (“wood, clearing”).