Given name & surname
Dowden
“to avail, serve”
Dowden is a surname, possibly from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dowden possibly goes back to a word meaning “to avail, serve.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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In English usage, Dowden as a surname has a related form in DOWDING. In English usage, Dowden as a surname has a related form in DOWDING.
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