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Dowden

Dowden proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Dowden (plural Dowdens)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Dowden

pluralDowdens
alternative formDowding

Origin of Dowden

Patronymic surname, from an unattested Old English personal name *Dogod, perhaps derived from dugan (“to avail, serve”).

Words that rhyme with Dowden

Questions about Dowden

What does Dowden mean?
Dowden means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Dowden?
Dowden is a proper noun.

Words near Dowden in the dictionary

  1. dowd cap
  2. Dowdall
  3. Dowdalls
  4. Dowdell
  5. Dowdells
  6. Dowden
  7. Dowdens
  8. Dowdeswell
  9. Dowdeswells
  10. dowdied
  11. dowdied up

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