What is the meaning of the name Owen?

The meaning of the name Owen is "born of yew; youth". The origin of the name is "Welsh". The name Owen is mostly used as a boys name.

Right pronunciation of Owen

\o-wen\

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Owen is a really popular first name for boys (#410) and also really popular as a last name (#455). Users of our site ranked the name with a 0.0 (0 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this boys name above or write a comment on the name Owen.

How popular is the name Owen?

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The year 2015 was for Owen a very good year. In that year there were 9549 births with the name Owen. Find out if Owen is in the top 100 boys names 2015 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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