Bowman

Where Bowman comes from

The dictionaries list Bowman as a given name — a male given name from surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • From a surname
Along the way
  1. 1855
    Bowman Brown Law born
    Canadian politician
  2. 1884
    Debut at its peak, #971
    #971 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from surname.
Namesakes
  • Bowman Brown Law · Canadian politician, 1855–1916

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.