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 (“descendant of Buadán”) (compare buadhair (“victor, champion”)).
• 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).
   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.

Derived terms

• Bowden cable
• Great Bowden
• Little Bowden

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.

See also

• Bowden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bowden, Alberta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bowdon

Anagrams

• Denbow, bowned