Rowdy
American word name
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Updated Wed Apr 02 2025
Rowdy Origin and Meaning
The name Rowdy is a girl's name.
A quintessentially American name, Rowdy has a number of notable wearers, including Rowdy Yates, Clint Eastwood's character on the television show Rawhide, and Olympic swimmer Rowdy Gaines.
As a word, rowdy entered the lexicon in the early 1800s to describe backwoodsmen living on the fringes of society.