Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings English : Hill of the leader Boy name variations Ludlowe Family name origins & meanings English : habitational name from a place in Shropshire, so named from the Old English river name Hlūde (from hlūd ‘loud’, ‘roaring’) referring to the Teme river + hlāw ‘hill’. See also Laidlaw.Dutch : from the personal name Ludolph.