# Cowden

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #96,895

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. Little Cowden, a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2340).
3. A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4640).
4. A village in Shelby County, Illinois, United States.

## Etymology
English and Scottish surname, from several places in both Scotland and England named Cowden, from cow + dene (“valley”).

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