Sue Cowing: Hello, my name is Sue Cowing. Cowing is spelled like it sounds, C-O-W-I-N-G. My maiden name was Sue Brown, so I'm delighted to have a name that people sometimes mispronounce. Unlike Browns, Cowings are literally one in a million in the U. S. Cowing is a Gaelic name, either Scottish or Irish, but it may have come down through many centuries from the ancient Greek word Eugenius, meaning born lucky. I like to think so.