Given name & surname
Bowin
“the son of Owen”
Bowin is a variant of Bowen. One Welsh interpretation is “the son of Owen.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bowin is a variant of Bowen. One Welsh interpretation is “the son of Owen.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bowin is a variant of Bowen. An origin associated with Bowen is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bowin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 42
- 42 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,304 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,304 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 298 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bowin’s family of names
Bowin has a related form in Bowen. In German usage, Bowin as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Бовин.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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