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Bowie Pronunciation
BOO -ee, BOH -ee, BOW -ee Gender Unisex Language(s)
English Language(s) 1.
Scottish Gaelic 2.
Irish Word/name 1. buidhe 2. Ó Buadhaigh Meaning 1. "yellow", "fair-haired" 2. "descendant of Buadhach " See also Bogue; Buadhach ; Buidheach ; Bhuidheach ; Ó Buadhaigh ; Mac'IlleBhuidh ; Nic'IlleBhuidh
Bowie is a Scottish and Irish
surname . The name can be derived from the
Gaelic
nickname buidhe , meaning "
yellow ", "
fair-haired ". The surname can also be an
Anglicised form of the Irish surname Ó Buadhaigh ;
[1] [
better source needed ] this surname means "descendant of Buadhach " and is also rendered as
Bogue and
Boyce .
[2] [
better source needed ] The personal name Buadhach means "victorious". The surname Bowie is rendered in
Scottish Gaelic as Buidheach (masculine)
[3] and Bhuidheach (feminine), as well as Mac'IlleBhuidhe (masculine)
[3] and Nic'IlleBhuidhe (feminine). Early instances of the surname in Scotland, recorded in 1481, are: Boye , Bowy , and Boee .
[4]
[5]
A family of the surname, the Bowie family, was one of the
colonial families of Maryland with
John Bowie Sr. being the first Bowie in the colony.
[6]
People with the surname
Alistair Bowie (born 1951), Scottish footballer
Andrew Bowie (disambiguation) , list of people with the name
Angie Bowie (born 1949), American, former wife of David Bowie
Angus M. Bowie (born 1949), British classicist
Anthony Bowie (born 1963), American basketball player
Arturo Valenzuela Bowie (
Arturo Valenzuela , born 1944), Chilean-American academic
Ash Bowie (born c. 1968), American musician
Beth Mburu-Bowie (born 1987), English musician
Christopher Bowie (born 1966), Canadian swimmer
David Bowie (1947–2016), musician, artist, and actor
Don Bowie (climber) (born 1969), Canadian professional climber
Don Bowie (footballer) (born 1940), Scottish footballer
Eric A. Bowie (1936–2019), Canadian judge
Fiona Bowie (born before 1990), Canadian artist
George Washington Bowie (1827–1901), American who served in the Union army during the Civil War
Gordon W. Bowie (before 1985–2012), American trombonist, composer and conductor
Henry Pike Bowie (1848–1921), American lawyer, artist, author, Japanologist and diplomat
Jac Bowie (born 1979), Australian burlesque producer
James Bowie (c. 1796–1836), 19th-century Texan revolutionary
James Bowie (botanist) (c. 1789–1869), English botanist
James Bowie (footballer) (1888–1972), Scottish footballer
Jamie Bowie (born 1989), British track and field athlete
Jerome Bowie (d. 1597), Scottish master of the royal wine cellar
Jim Bowie (baseball) (born 1965), Major League Baseball player
Jimmy Bowie (1924–2000), Scottish footballer
Joanne W. Bowie (active 1989–2004), American politician from North Carolina
John Bowie (disambiguation) , multiple people
Joseph Bowie (born 1953), American bandleader, trombonist, and founder of the jazz fusion band Defunkt
Larry Bowie (guard) (1939–2012), American Football guard
Larry Bowie (running back) (born 1973), American Football running back
Les Bowie (1913–79), Canadian-born special effects artist who worked mainly in Britain
Lester Bowie (1941–99), American jazz musician
Malcolm Bowie (1943–2007), British academic
Micah Bowie (born 1974), American baseball player
Michael Bowie (born 1991), American Football player
Nate Bowie (born 1986), professional basketball player
Norman E. Bowie (born 1942), American academic
Oden Bowie (1826–94), American politician from Maryland
[6]
Reginald Bowie (1854–1926), American politician and businessman
Rezin Bowie (1793–1841), American inventor and designer of the Bowie knife, politician in Louisiana
Richard Bowie (1807–81), American politician from Maryland
[7]
Robert Bowie (1750–1818), American politician from Maryland
[6]
Robert R. Bowie (1909–2013), American diplomat
Russell Bowie (1880–1959), Canadian ice hockey player
Sam Bowie (born 1961), American basketball player
Sam Bowie (rugby league) (born 1989), Australian rugby league player
Stanley Bowie (1917–2008), Scottish geologist
Sydney J. Bowie (1865–1928), U.S. Representative from Alabama
Thomas Fielder Bowie (1808–69), American politician from Maryland
[8]
Tori Bowie (1990–2023), American long jumper
Walter Bowie (1748–1810), American politician, delegate to the Annapolis Convention (1774–1776)
[6]
Walter Russell Bowie (1882–1969), American theologian
Captain William Bowie (1721 – after 1776), American politician, delegate to the Annapolis Convention (1774–1776)
[9]
William Bowie (agrarian) (1776–1826), American agrarian and delegate to the Maryland state convention to charter the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
[6]
William Bowie (footballer) (1869–1934), Scottish footballer
William Bowie (engineer) (1872–1940), American geodetic engineer
[10]
William Duckett Bowie (1803–73) American politician from Maryland
[6]
See also
References
^
Learn about the family history of your surname ,
Ancestry.com , retrieved 25 September 2010 which cited Dictionary of American Family Names .
Oxford University Press .
ISBN
0-19-508137-4 . for the surname "Bowie".
^
Learn about the family history of your surname , Ancestry.com, retrieved 25 September 2010 which cited Dictionary of American Family Names . Oxford University Press.
ISBN
0-19-508137-4 . for the surname "Bogue" and "Boyce".
^
a
b Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary , London:
Routledge , pp. 718, 720,
ISBN
0-203-22259-8
^ Reaney, Percy Hilde (1995), Wilson, Richard Middlewood (ed.), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.),
Oxford University Press , p. 57,
ISBN
0-19-863146-4 .
^ Black, George Fraser (1946), The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History , New York:
New York Public Library , p. 92 .
^
a
b
c
d
e
f Hall, Clayton Colman (1912).
Baltimore: Its History and Its People, vol.3 . Lewis Historical Publishing Co. pp. 304–306.
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^ Hall, Clayton Colman (1912).
Baltimore: Its History and Its People, vol.3 . Lewis Historical Publishing Co. pp. 300–301.
^ Fleming, J. A. (1951),
William Bowie, 1872–1940 A Biographical Memoir (PDF) , Washington D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, pp. 61–63