as a First Name
Modern form of the Welsh name Owain or a transferred use of the surname derived from the personal name. It is also used as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Eóghan (see Scottish and Irish appendices), which is probably ultimately a cognate of the Welsh name. Although retaining its Welsh flavour, this is one of a number of Celtic names which have recently come into general use and have become increasingly popular since the 1990s.
| 977th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 28,987
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 107,453
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Owen per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
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6%
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5%
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81%
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