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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BOWERS

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

From bur, Saxon, a chamber; a cottage; a shady recess.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

English: variant of Bower.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)