Bowdry

English

Etymology

Americanized spelling of French Beaudry.

Proper noun

Bowdry (plural Bowdrys)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bowdry is the 37544^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 593 individuals. Bowdry is most common among Black/African American (89.21%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bowdry”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 208.