Family name origins & meanings
- English (Norfolk) : from the Middle English personal name Loveke, Old English Lufeca, a derivative of Lufa (see Love 1), or Lēofeca, a derivative of Lēofa (see Leaf 2).
- English : perhaps a habitational name from places in Cumbria and Northumberland called Lowick, or Lowich in Northamptonshire. The first is from Old Norse lauf ‘leaf’ + vík ‘creek’; the second is from the river name Low (possibly from Old English luh ‘pool’) + Old English wīc ‘dairy farm’, ‘dwelling’; and the third from an unattested Old English personal name, Luffa, or Luhha + wīc.
- Probably a respelling of Lovik.