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Dow - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Dow

[ 1 syll. dow, do-w ] The boy name Dow is pronounced as DAW KEY. Dow is primarily used in the English language and it is of Middle English origin. The name is of the meaning jackdaw bird.

Dow is a rare baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1901, 0.005% of baby boys were given the name Dow. Its ranking then was #979. The baby name has since declined in popularity, and is now used on an infrequent scale. Out of all boy names in its group, Dow was nonetheless the most widely used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Dow include the Welsh Dai, the Irish Daith, the Arabic Daud, the English Dee, the Welsh Deio, the English Des, the Welsh Dew, the name Do, the Dutch Douwe, the Vietnamese Du, the English Dud, the English Dudd, the Vietnamese Duy, the English Dwight, the English Audey, the Yoruban Dada, the Irish Daithi, the Irish Daithí, the name Daudi, and the Polish and Yiddish Dawid.

KEY: Pronunciation for Dow: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AW as in "cow (K.AW)"


 
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