Bowie
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Add to ListSurname BOWIE
SOURCE: Other
USAGE: Scottish Gaelic
PRONOUNCED: Boo-ee, Boo-wee
OTHER FORMS: Buie, MacilBowie, MacilBuie, MacilVuy, Bouwie, Bowey, Bouie, Boy, Buy
CONTRIBUTOR: N, McL. Bowie on 7/10/2015
LAST EDITOR: Beautiful Victory on 7/11/2015 [revision history]
Meaning & History
Scots Gaelic Bhuidhe or Buidhe meaning "golden yellow". Name was originally Mac Gille Bhuid, meaning "son of the yellow-haired lad". It was shortened to MacilBuie and MacilBowie in the 1600's, and further shortened in the 1700's to Buie and anglicised to Bowie by English speaking census takers and record keepers on the Scottish mainland.