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Gowon - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Gowon

[ syll. go-won, gow-on ] The boy name Gowon is pronounced as G-AWAAN †. Gowon is used chiefly in Hausa and its origin is African-Tiv. The meaning of Gowon is rainmaker.

Gowon is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Gowon include Ganen (English), Ganin (English), Gannen, Gannie (English), Gannin, Gannon (English), Ganny (English), Ganon (English), Gaon, Gawain (English and Welsh), Gawaine, Gawin, Ghassan (Arabic), Gowen, Gowin, Gökhan (Turkish), Gunya, Guyon (English), Gan (Chinese and English), and Gawayne.



† approx English pronunciation for Gowon: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AW as in "cow (K.AW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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Meaning of Gowon