Cowden Family History
Cowden Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Cowden in Dalkeith (Midlothian) and any of several other places in Scotland called Cowden. English: habitational name from one or more of the places so named such as Cowden in Mayfield Cowden in Wartling and Cowden Hall in Heathfield (all in Sussex) Cowden (Kent Northumberland and Yorkshire) and Green Cowden in Bakewell (Derbyshire). The surname is more or less restricted to northern England and is also found in northern Ireland where it may be of Scottish origin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022