Bowden
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning curved or bowed valley.
Bowden by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Bowden. In the US, 44 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bowden. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Bowden
Names that are said the same way as Bowden, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Bowden, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bowden
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