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Gender: Male Meaning of Bowen: "son of Owen" Origin of Bowen: Welsh Bowen's Popularity in 2017: #458

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The name Bowen is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "son of Owen". Bowen is ranked #458 on our popularity charts and is often added to lists like Cool Cowboy Baby Names and discussed in our forums with posts like "Baby a Day".

From the experts:

Bowen is a Celtic surname representing two separate Celtic strains, one Welsh and one Irish, and entered the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2011.

Football Hall of Famer Drew Brees named his son Bowen, as did a recent reality show couple looking for the perfect name to 'brand' their baby. It does have the appealing nickname Bo.

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Famous People Named Bowen

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Bowen Dow Stassforth, American Olympic swimmer
Bowen Lockwood, Australian rules footballer
Bowen Christopher Brees (b. 2010), son of football player Drew Brees
Bowen Michael Stagliano (b. 2016), son of reality TV personality Michael Stagliano ("Bachelor Pad")
Julie Bowen, American actress

Pop Culture References for the name Bowen

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Bowen, Main character in 1996 film "Dragonheart"
Bowen Ashby, character in Lauren DeStefano's Chemical Garden trilogy
Bowen Marsh, character in the Game of Thrones series
Bowen, birth name of the Red Ranger from Power Rangers Mystic Force
Tommy Bowen, character on TV's "Haven"
Carter Bowen, character on TV's "Arrow"
Carter Bowen, character on TV's "American Gothic"

Bow, Bowin, Bowie

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Comments

merlynhawk Says:

2018-02-21T13:22:40

Way back in 1976 I went to high school with a boy named Bowen Roberts. And boy did I have a crush on him! And I've never actually known anyone else with this name. And as you might guess, because of my crush I've always really liked this name.