Bowie (surname)
| Bowie | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈbuːiː/, /ˈboʊ.i/, or /ˈbaʊ.i/ |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) |
1. Gaelic 2. Irish |
| Word/Name |
1. buidhe 2. Ó Buadhaigh |
| Meaning |
1. "yellow", "fair-haired" 2. "descendant of Buadhach" |
| Other names | |
| See also | Bogue; Buadhach; Buidheach; Bhuidheach; Ó Buadhaigh; Mac'IlleBhuidh; Nic'IlleBhuidh |
Bowie is an Irish and Scottish surname. The name is pronounced /ˈbuːiː/ BOO-ee, /ˈboʊ.i/ BO-ee, or /ˈbaʊ.i/ BOW-ee.
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] this surname means "descendant of Buadhach" and is also rendered as Bogue and Boyce.[2] 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'IlleBhuidh (masculine)[3] and Nic'IlleBhuidh (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
- Andrew Bowie (born 1952), English academic philosopher
- Angela Bowie (born 1949), American, former wife of David Bowie
- 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 (born 1947), stage name of David Robert Jones, influential English rock musician, artist, and occasional actor
- Diego Bowie (born Diego Eduardo Lacayo Jaén in 1991), Panamanian artist
- Don Bowie (born 1969), Canadian professional high altitude climber
- Eric A. Bowie (born 1936), Canadian judge
- Fiona Bowie (born before 1990), Canadian artist
- George Bowie (born 1968), Scottish radio personality
- 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
- Jim Bowie (baseball) (born 1965), Japanese-born 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), American professional basketball player
- Norman E. Bowie (born 1942), American academic
- Oden Bowie (1826–94), American politician from Maryland [6]
- 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]
- Todd Bowie (born before 1980), American rock guitarist and technician
- Tori Bowie (born 1990), 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]
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".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Hall, Clayton Colman (1912). Baltimore: Its History and Its People, vol.3. Lewis Historical Publishing Co. pp. 304–306.
- ↑
- ↑
- Bowie at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 30, 2010
- ↑ 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