hi my name is jennifer bowen and well i just wanted to tell you about the family name of bowen. it means the son of:"owen" and how it is the the family name of :"bowen" be came to be was from : even ab (owen) his son: had takeing the name of bowen there was also a: ap(owen) some of them became :"bowen" ,"powell's","howard's" and so on . it's just a some family history that i wanted to tell you all about .