"Traditional English name"
The name Bowman is commonly a male name from the "English" origin.
Bowman is an English surname of occupational origin, from Middle English boweman, formed from Old English boga, meaning bow, and mann, meaning man, and denoting a bowman or archer. It is recorded as an English surname from the medieval period and is used as a given name chiefly through the surname convention. The recorded 1884 first appearance in United States birth records is consistent with that pattern rather than with an earlier given-name history.
The pronunciation of Bowman is BOH-muhn.
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