Does any one Know what name 'Fowler' means? Welsh or Irish?

Question

Does any one Know what name 'Fowler' means? Welsh or Irish?

Answer 1

Itjustme gave you a good answer.  However, that doesn't mean that someone with the name Fowler can't be more Irish than anything.  A person might have had a great great great grandfather who was English whose named was Fowler and he married an Irish girl and all the marriages of their descendants could have been to someone Irish.  

There were English that settled in Ireland and Irish that emigrated to England.

That is why in genealogy we don't judge a person's background by their name.

Answer 2

My guess would be that it has to do with someone that dealt with birds (fowl), either a hunter or the person in charge of releasing the birds for the upper class to hunt.  

Answer 3

hi there. im not sure if its welsh but its definately not irish. i am irish so i know. peace

Answer 4

I found this for you.

Surname: Fowler

This interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is from an occupational name for a bird-catcher or hunter of wild birds. In the medieval period a fowler would have been an important position, and all major houses would have employed one. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century "fugelere", hunter of wild birds. Job-descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and later became hereditary. There are several namebearers listed in the "Dictionary of National Biography", many being men of the church, the others tending towards innovation, such as John Fowler (1826 - 1864), who invented the steam plough,in 1858 he received a prize from the Royal Agricultural Society for his steam cultivator, and William Fowler (1761 - 1832), an artist, who was said to have introduced lead lines in representing coloured glass. The name reached the New World in the early 17th Century, when it is recorded that one George Fowler, aged 22 yrs., sailed aboard the "Primrose" in July 1635, bound for Virginia. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Richard Fugelere, which was dated 1218, witness in the "Assize Court Rolls of Lancashire", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

hope this helps.

Answer 5

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee.

http://www.familyorigin.net

Answer 6

Dyw e ddim yn enw Cymraeg

It's not a Welsh name