Bowe

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bowe by the numbers

Bowe was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Bowe

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bowe. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Bowenson of Owen129 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Bowieblond or fair-haired109 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Bodeherald, messenger; from boda170 in the US (2017)
  • Boe7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Bow9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Bowy3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Bowe

Names that are said the same way as Bowe, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Boto live; dwelling452 in the US (2017)
  • Boy28 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bowe

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