Meanings
Bowden1
- A surname.
- A place name:
- A hamlet in Stoke Fleming parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8448).
- 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).
Bowden2
Origin
Bowden · proper noun
- Old Englishboga“bow”
- EnglishBowden
* 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.
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Full word history & related roots →Bowden · proper noun
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.
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Cite this entry
Bowden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bowden
“Bowden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bowden. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bowden,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bowden.
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