Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Old English : From the snow-covered hill Boy name variations Snowdun Snowdun 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Snow Snow + 33% this year Neutral Rare Find out more Family name origins & meanings English : habitational name from Snowden, a place in West Yorkshire named from Old English snāw ‘snow’ + dūn ‘hill’, i.e. a hill where snow lies long.