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Type Surname (from given name)
Submitted Name (2)
Type Surname (from location)
Meaning & History
Habitational name from any of several places called Bowden or Bowdon, most of them in England. From Old English
boga "bow" and
dun "hill", or from Old English personal names
BUGA or
BUCGE combined with
dun.
Habitational name from Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, from Old English phrase
bufan dune "on, upon the hill".