Bowden

English

Etymology 1

  • 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 (literally descendant of Buadán).
  • Also as an English surname, variant of Bawden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaʊdən/
  • Rhymes: -aʊdən

Proper noun

Bowden

  1. A surname.
  2. A place name:
    1. A hamlet in Stoke Fleming parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8448). [1]
    2. A hamlet in Kington Magna parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7723).
    3. A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire (OS grid ref NT5530).
    4. An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma, United States.
    5. A census-designated place in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
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Etymology 2

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

  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈboʊdən/

Proper noun

Bowden

  1. A town in Alberta, Canada.

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