# Bowden

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbaʊdən/ · frequency rank #31,088

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A place name:
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## Etymology
* As an English surname, from several places in England, derived from Old English boga (“bow”) + dun (“hill”).
* Also as an English surname, from Old English būfan dun (“above the hill”).
* As a Scottish surname, from the place in Roxburghshire from Old English bōthl (“dwelling house”) + denu (“valley”).
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Buadáin (literally “descendant of Buadán”).
* Also as an English surname, variant of Bawden.

## Easily confused with
- **bowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bowe)
- **bowel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bowel)
- **Bowie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bowie)
- **Bowen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bowen)
- **bowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bowed)
- **bower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bower)
- **Bowes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bowes)
- **burden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-burden)
- **bowler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bowler)
- **bowman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bowman)
- **bowled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bowled)
- **Bowles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bowles)
- **bowser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bowser)
- **Braden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-braden)
- **bowyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-bowyer)
- **broaden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowden-vs-broaden)
- **bode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bode-vs-bowden)
- **Biden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biden-vs-bowden)
- **Baden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baden-vs-bowden)
- **Boden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boden-vs-bowden)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbowden`, `bodwen`, `bowdden`, `bowdenn`, `bowdne`, `bowedn`, `bowwden`, `bwoden`, `obwden`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bowden