Anyone with the last name Barlow?

Question:My last name is Barlow and I think it's an awesome name, and I don't see it around very much so I was wondering, anyone else on here with the last name Barlow?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: My last name is Barlow and I think it's an awesome name, and I don't see it around very much so I was wondering, anyone else on here with the last name Barlow?

Hell Yeah its a awsome last name man...... My dog has same the last name toooooo Lol

i know a john barlow from high school

No. Why?

Not me, but you should check out if you're a distant relative of Gary Barlow's. I think it's a great last name.

I have a friend with the surname, here is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
Barlow Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of several places called Barlow, especially those in Lancashire and West Yorkshire. The former is named with Old English bere ‘barley’ + hlaw ‘hill’; the latter probably has as its first element the derived adjective beren or the compound bere-?rn ‘barn’. There is also a place of this name in Derbyshire, named with Old English bar ‘boar’ or bere ‘barley’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’, and one in Shropshire, which is from bere ‘barley’ + leah.
hope this helps.

I'm not a Barlow, but you're right; it's not a very common name, which is weird, because I've come across it a lot. It's typically a north western (England) surname.

The National Trust have launched a database that shows you the distribution of surnamea in the 1880s and 1998. Perhaps you will see some patterns in your own family. Just type in the name you're interested in, and select the year.

The link is:

http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/Sur...