gowen name meaning
The McGowan DNA Project. McGowan and variants can be an Irish or a Scottish name. In both Ireland and Scotland, the name derives from the Gaelic word 'gabha', meaning son of the iron worker or sometimes anglicized as 'smith'. Other variants are Gowan, Gowen, Going, Gowanson, and Gow.he Irish/Scottish name Gowen is probably derived from the Gaelic word for 'metalsmith'. (gobha, genetive plural gobhainn), which gives us Gowen/Gowan. Similarly Mac a'Ghobhainn, (Son of the Smith), becomes MacGowan etc.