Boy name Chinese (Mandarin) origin Confucian tradition

Bowen

BAW-WUN · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Educated; cultured
Language
Chinese (Mandarin)
Culture
Chinese
Religion
Confucian
Style era
classic
Themes
intelligence · literature
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#321
2024 births1,074
Peak year2024
First appeared1913
Total US births11,889
2024 peak19131941196919962024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
BoWen
Alternate spellings
Po-wen

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Notable people named Bowen

Liu Bowen (Ming statesman)