Given name & surname · also Old English
Bowes
“a bow”
Bowes is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bowes goes back to Old Norse bogi, meaning “a bow.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Bowes comes from Old English, and ultimately from Proto-Brythonic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English boga, from Old Norse bogi (“a bow”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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