Around the world, Bowles (Bowles 
, בולס 
, بولز) is a very rare unisex given name. The forename Bowles is characteristic of Northern America, particularly the United States, where it is an extremely rare unisex name. Much more prevalently, Bowles is the last name as well as the forename.
Bowles is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
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oldfield bowles British painter (1739-1810), GB (b. 1739) |
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pinckney downie bowles Confederate Army general (1835-1910), US (b. 1835) |
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| drury w. k. bowles American politician, US (b. 1802) |
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newton ernest bowles Canadian Methodist missionary, CA (b. 1877) |
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| b. f. bowles American civil rights activist, principal, founder of a university, US (b. 1869) |
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erskine bowles American politician and businessman, US (b. 1945) |
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ralston bowles American musician, US (b. 1952) |
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| bryant bowles White supremacist (1920-1997) (b. 1920) |
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| stafford john william bowles (born 1957) (b. 1957) |
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| ray bowles American musician, US (b. 1975) |
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| coy bowles American writer (b. 1979) |
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| marshall w bowles researcher |
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| mitchell bowles college basketball player (1965–1965) Oklahoma |
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| ray bowles college basketball player (2015–2018) Pacific; Fresno State |
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| spencer g bowles researcher |
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