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Gowan 1
Gender Masculine & Feminine
Pronounced Pron. GOW-en(Scottish)  [key]
Other Forms FormsGowen, Gawen, Gowin, Gawin, Cowan, Gowing,

Meaning & History

From a Scots name for the daisy and other golden or white field flowers, perhaps ultimately from Old Norse gollinn "golden". Robert Burns' poem "To a Mountain Daisy" (1786) was originally titled "The Gowan". In the 17th and 18th centuries it occurs in the region as a masculine name, possibly a variant of Gawain or from the surname Gowan, which is from Gaelic gobhan "metal worker, blacksmith" (genitive gobhainn; compare Gobán).
Added 12/12/2007 by Amatire
Edited 5/13/2021 by LMS, SeaHorse15 and Mike C


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