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
- A surname.
- A place name:
- A hamlet in Stoke Fleming parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8448). [1]
- A hamlet in Kington Magna parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7723).
- A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire (OS grid ref NT5530).
- An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma, United States.
- A census-designated place in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms
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
See also
- Bowden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bowden, Alberta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bowdon
References
- ^ List of United Kingdom locations: Bou-Boz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia