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Bow

in Oregon

There are 15 people with the last name "Bow" in Oregon.

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Ranking in Oregon

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Bow 23,013
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  1. is 23,009th most common Bostock
  2. is 23,010th most common Botelho
  3. is 23,011th most common Bouley
  4. is 23,012th most common Boundy
  5. is 23,013th most common Bow
  6. is 23,014th most common Boydstun
  7. is 23,015th most common Boyk
  8. is 23,016th most common Bracamontes
  9. is 23,017th most common Bradetich

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bow

Beverly, Caryl, Charles, Christina, Dennis, Dolores, Gary, James, Kandice, Mary

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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