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Bowen - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Bowen

[ 2 syll. bo-wen, bow-en ] The boy name Bowen is pronounced BOWahN KEY.

1: Bowen's language of origin is Gaelic and it is used mainly in the English language. The name's meaning is 'small, victorious one'. Variations of Bowen include the English names Bow and Bowie.

2: Bowen's origin is Old Welsh. Here, it means 'the well-born or youthful one's son'.

Bowen is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Bowen include the name Banan, the English Benen, the Spanish Beni, the English Bennie, the German Benno, the English Benny, the German Beno, the English Benon, the name Bevan, the Indian Bhanu, the Slavic Boban, the English Bono, the English Bowman, the Portuguese Buno, the English Bain, the Hawaiian and Slavic Bane, the Irish Beanon, the Irish Beinean, the Irish Beineon, and the name Bem.

KEY: English pronunciation for Bowen: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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