Bowden

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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".