Bowie

Scottish

"blond"

Bowie Origin and Meaning

The name Bowie is a girl's name meaning "blond".

Music legend David Bowie lends his adopted surname considerable charisma to this stylish Scottish name for girls and boys. Born David Robert Jones, he changed his name to avoid confusion with The Monkees' Davy Jones.

Another famous reference: Jim Bowie, an American hero of the Alamo, and the bowie knife's namesake.

With girls answering to musically-inspired surnames like Marley and Lennon, Bowie has slowly started to appear on girls' birth certificates, too. Actor Jackson Rathbone has a daughter called Presley Bowie, and Dale DeHaan and Anna Wood named their daughter Bowie Rose.

Popularity of the name Bowie

• 1716 Nameberry 2025
• 644 Unique 2023
• 847 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Bowie

• Bowie Tsang (born Zēng Bǎoyí) Taiwanese pop singer
• Bowie Lou Bellour (b. 2014) daughter of designer Rebecca Minkoff and Gavin Bellour
• Bowie Lacey (b. 2016) daughter of singer Jesse Lacey of Brand New
• Bowie Rose DeHaan (b. 2017) daughter of actors Dane DeHaan and Anna Wood