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Bow

in Louisiana

There are 3 people with the last name "Bow" in Louisiana.

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Ranking in Louisiana

NameRank
Bow 48,529
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  1. is 48,525th most common Bourgoise
  2. is 48,526th most common Bourgouis
  3. is 48,527th most common Bouschor
  4. is 48,528th most common Boutall
  5. is 48,529th most common Bow
  6. is 48,530th most common Bowermeister
  7. is 48,531st most common Bowersock
  8. is 48,532nd most common Bowersox
  9. is 48,533rd most common Bowland

Similar Names and Nicknames

Boe, Bou, Bo, Boy, Boo, Bew, Boh, Boa, Boi, Baw

Most Common First Names for Bow

Amy, Charles, Vanessa

Meaning & History

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Bow

English: metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of bows, from Middle English bow (Old English boga, from būgan ‘to bend’). Before the invention of gunpowder, the bow was an important long-range weapon for shooting game as well as in warfare. Boga is also found as a personal name in Old English, and it is possible that this survived into Middle English and so may lie behind the surname in some instances. In other cases (for example, Richard atte Bowe, 1306), the name is topographic, from the same word in the transferred sense ‘arched bridge’, ‘river bend’, an allusion to their similarity in shape to a drawn bow.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhaigh (see Bogue).

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