This name is also found
in the Netherlands, and in Sweden as Löwen,
Löwén, Lövén, in both cases presumably
derived from the German surname Löwe (see Loewe),
although the Swedish forms could equally be ornamental names from
löv ‘leaf’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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