The gowdy Surname
gowdy Name Meaning and History
- Northern Irish: variant of Goldie.
- Possibly an Americanized spelling of Gaude, an eastern German name under Slavic influence, or of German Gaudig, a nickname for a waster, from Middle High German giudec ‘wasteful’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Benjamin Gowdy |
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| Roy A. Gowdy 1892-1940 |
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| Mary Aletha Gowdy McKenzie |
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| James Ervin Gowdy |
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| Can someone clear this Gowdy Line up? |
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| John Gowdy |
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| James Gowdy family tree (SC, FL) | Richard F.Gowdy | 8 |
| Norm Gowdy |
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| Robert Gowdy 1834-1871 |
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