English Explanatory Dictionary

Scowen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Cornish.

Word forms

Scowen Scowens

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a plantation of elderberry trees, from Cornish skawen (“elderberry tree”). Compare Boscawen.

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