Bowden
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
- As an English surname, from several places in England, derived from Old English boga (“bow”) + dun (“hill”).
- Also as an English surname, from Old English būfan dun (“above the hill”).
- As a Scottish surname, from the place in Roxburghshire from Old English bōthl (“dwelling house”) + denu (“valley”).
- As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Buadáin (“descendant of Buadán”) (compare buadhair (“victor, champion”)).
- Also as an English surname, variant of Bawden.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bowden
- A surname.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Uncertain, but the most accepted theory is that it originated from the maiden name of the wife of a surveyor named Williamson, who named the settlement along the Edmonton–Calgary Trail. Another theory states it originated from the village of Bowdon in Greater Manchester, England.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bowden
See also[edit]
- Bowden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bowden, Alberta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bowdon
Anagrams[edit]
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