Owen Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Boy Names Like Owen

Owen Name Origin: Welsh
Pronunciation: oh-wen
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Owen Name Meaning

Owen is a modern version of the Welsh Owain, a form of Eugene. He’s a name that’s been making heads turn in recent years, climbing the charts considerably thanks to his on-trend feel and easy spelling. He also has a fabulous meaning of “noble born.”

In addition to being a first name, Owen is also a surname, a trend that has been rushing the baby name scene in recent years with the rise of Brooks, Carter, and Cooper. He’s also an O name, keeping Oliver and Otto company on the charts. Vowel names are always an unexpected choice in a name and have their own mystery and appeal.

Owen is an adventurous name, fit for a little boy first discovering the wilds of forest or playing make believe in his backyard. He’s also distinguished enough to last into adulthood, earning a seat at the decision table without distraction of cutesy vibes. He’s mature yet playful, allowing his wearer to dip between industries and crowds alike. An Owen can be anything from an astronaut to a painter without a fuss. He is unlimited in his potential and ready to show the world what he has to offer.

Names similar to Owen are Logan, Liam, and Ian.

Owen Name Popularity

How popular is the name Owen? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	227	67	0.019%
1911	217	91	0.0244%
1912	211	223	0.0442%
1913	225	241	0.0425%
1914	216	328	0.0471%
1915	218	440	0.0484%
1916	218	463	0.0479%
1917	224	455	0.0455%
1918	212	563	0.0525%
1919	221	518	0.0495%
1920	217	564	0.0507%
1921	193	683	0.0596%
1922	204	607	0.0545%
1923	216	564	0.0504%
1924	212	611	0.0526%
1925	222	566	0.0501%
1926	234	534	0.0486%
1927	236	526	0.0475%
1928	248	479	0.0448%
1929	238	487	0.047%
1930	247	471	0.0451%
1931	251	420	0.0426%
1932	251	430	0.0435%
1933	249	396	0.0425%
1934	258	400	0.0414%
1935	268	366	0.0377%
1936	272	352	0.0365%
1937	265	378	0.0384%
1938	277	357	0.0349%
1939	284	337	0.0331%
1940	294	321	0.0302%
1941	289	361	0.0321%
1942	301	370	0.0293%
1943	305	374	0.0286%
1944	301	359	0.029%
1945	310	330	0.0271%
1946	324	359	0.0243%
1947	343	358	0.0214%
1948	340	351	0.022%
1949	354	325	0.0202%
1950	346	341	0.0212%
1951	355	333	0.0196%
1952	324	419	0.024%
1953	337	378	0.0214%
1954	358	361	0.0197%
1955	396	292	0.0159%
1956	381	341	0.0181%
1957	389	348	0.0181%
1958	415	325	0.0172%
1959	402	346	0.0182%
1960	407	337	0.0178%
1961	429	302	0.016%
1962	433	300	0.0163%
1963	508	208	0.0116%
1964	466	244	0.0139%
1965	490	206	0.0126%
1966	483	205	0.0131%
1967	516	164	0.0108%
1968	529	154	0.0103%
1969	475	220	0.0143%
1970	527	186	0.0117%
1971	518	201	0.0134%
1972	451	262	0.0192%
1973	431	285	0.022%
1974	435	287	0.0221%
1975	490	225	0.0175%
1976	472	235	0.0182%
1977	457	266	0.0197%
1978	503	211	0.0157%
1979	427	309	0.0219%
1980	450	302	0.0207%
1981	429	331	0.0225%
1982	433	332	0.0222%
1983	431	322	0.0218%
1984	424	342	0.023%
1985	421	368	0.0242%
1986	431	356	0.0236%
1987	399	433	0.0284%
1988	418	423	0.0271%
1989	453	397	0.0246%
1990	448	447	0.027%
1991	464	409	0.0251%
1992	481	397	0.0249%
1993	465	414	0.0266%
1994	453	443	0.0289%
1995	352	652	0.0433%
1996	279	970	0.0648%
1997	224	1,352	0.0914%
1998	179	1,857	0.1241%
1999	152	2,367	0.1581%
2000	143	2,711	0.1775%
2001	130	3,031	0.2012%
2002	94	4,188	0.2795%
2003	72	5,696	0.3744%
2004	67	6,706	0.44%
2005	60	7,167	0.4688%
2006	58	8,170	0.5218%
2007	56	8,246	0.5226%
2008	58	7,795	0.5043%
2009	51	8,139	0.5445%
2010	47	8,174	0.5672%
2011	44	8,329	0.5846%
2012	38	8,689	0.6098%
2013	38	8,755	0.6149%
2014	36	9,143	0.6275%
2015	36	9,587	0.6589%
2016	23	10,282	0.7131%
2017	28	9,312	0.6672%
2018	25	9,288	0.676%
2019	21	9,302	0.6871%
2020	23	8,371	0.6577%
2021	22	8,713	0.7128%
2022	18	8,324	0.631%

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Names Like Owen

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What names are diminutives of Owen?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Owen sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Owen, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Wynn	Friend	English

What names are variants of Owen?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Owen.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Euan	Born of yew; youth	Scottish
Euen	God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh
Ewan	Born of yew; youth; God is gracious; born of yew; youth	Welsh
Ewen		Irish
Ewin	Law-friend	English
Iwan	God is gracious	Slavic
Owain	Born of yew; youth	Scottish
Owens	Born of yew; youth	Scottish
Owin	Born of yew; youth	Scottish
Owney	Green	Irish
Owynn	Born of yew; youth	Scottish

What names sound like Owen?

If you like how Owen sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Owen.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Bowen	Son of Owen; son of the young one	Welsh
Edwin	Wealthy friend	English

Ethan	Enduring and strong	Hebrew
Evan	God is gracious	Welsh
Ian	God is gracious	Scottish
Owain	Born of yew; youth	Scottish
Ronan	Little seal	Irish
Rowan	Of the rowan tree	Gaelic

What names are similar to Owen?

Find a name that’s like Owen, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Benjamin	A favorite son	Hebrew
Conner	Dog lover	Irish
Cooper	Barrel maker	English
Dylan	Great tide	Welsh
Griffin	Strong in faith	Welsh
Henry	Home ruler	English
Liam	Helmet of will	Irish
Oliver	Olive tree	English
Wesley	Western meadow	English

Wyatt	Brave in battle	English

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Siblings of Owen

Mamas with kids named Owen also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Norah	Honorable one	Latin
Annalise	Created name	German
Samuel	Name of God	Hebrew
Julien	Jove's child	Greek
Margaret	Pearl	English
Josie	God will increase	English
Mason	Stoneworker	English
Emmett	Universal	English

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19 Comments

Victoria Apr 18 at 4:43 pm

Good strong name meaning noble, well born and pleasant to look upon. Sweet for a young boy but Also strong name to grow into

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Leah Jun 20 at 11:14 pm

Took us a whole week after our baby was born to finally decide on Owen. We like unique but familiar names and this fit with his older siblings Riley and Hudson. He has red hair and we feel like Owen is a cute redhead name 🙂

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Michelle Jul 27 at 8:07 am

I got the name from Owen Hunt on Grey’s Anatomy. I don’t dislike anything about it, if I did I wouldn’t have named my child Owen. Lol

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Caitlyn Shin May 29 at 7:25 pm

We still hadn’t decided on a name by the time Owen was born! He’s our firstborn, and we really struggled to feel like any name was “the one” until we spent a little bit of time with him earthside. He just really felt like an Owen to us. Funnily enough, I had a relatively easy labor — so the meaning “well-born” is fitting (I realize well-born pertains more to status than literally being well-born but anyway…)!

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Nicole Sep 22 at 11:58 am

Owen is number 5 for us, we don’t find out what we are having so always choose a boy and girl name. We like common, but not overused/popular names.

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Olivia Sep 12 at 12:08 pm

My name is Olivia and my husband is Oliver, and we have the same initials so we wanted an O name and a W middle name. It came down to Oscar or Owen, I liked Owen an Inch better. His middle name is William same as his Daddy.

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Bella Jun 28 at 10:49 am

Our first son is Otis, I really like Owen & Otis as a name combo. Not too similar though.

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Lisa Jun 22 at 7:18 pm

We don’t know anyone else named Owen. It seems rare right now with names.
We love that Owen is a strong name with strong roots

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Emily Jun 4 at 7:01 am

Welsh orgin meaning young warrior, noble, or well born

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Elsa May 23 at 8:07 am

Not too popular and good for multiple ages

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Emily Apr 26 at 9:09 am

Named after my husband’s grandpa. A classic name that sounds good at any age!

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nancy Mar 12 at 1:46 pm

my boyfriend picked the name and I loved it

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Katie Jul 20 at 10:15 am

We chose the name Owen for its meaning – strong warrior.

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Heather Feb 19 at 12:32 pm

We just liked the name, and we don’t know anyone else with the name. It was an easy choice for us. Plus it means “Warrior”, and I liked the strength in that.

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Lynna Vongsayarath Sep 2 at 1:30 am

We have a 5 year old Julien (was 4 during pregnancy). I had lost 2 pregnancies prior to Owen and we had been brainstorming names for almost a year it had seemed. We wanted the name to be a family decision including our 4 year old. We also wanted the name to go good with his name Julien. So julien decided on the name Owen. We had Roland and Nolan picked out as well. Our 4 year old had insisted on naming the baby Owen. So we got so used to him calling the baby Owen that we grew to love it. So now we have Owen Myles Vongsayarath.

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Emily Aug 17 at 12:51 pm

I’ve always liked the name Owen and remember considering it when I was pregnant with my older son seven years prior. The one drawback was I like names with cute nicknames, which I had trouble coming up with for Owen so I ended up going in a different direction for my older son. When I was 20 weeks pregnant with Owen and went for my mid pregnancy anatomy scan, the doctors found a cyst on his brain (which ended up going away by 23 weeks and is a normal part of brain development but can sometimes be a marker for some scary chromosomal abnormalities if seen in conjunction with other markers.). Anyway, I had to go in for an extra ultrasound and saw that it had resolved quite quickly, however it was scary nonetheless as I never had anything like this happen in my first two pregnancies. I remember praying about it a lot, and heard God tell me “Owen is going to be just fine.” Which was ironic because I had forgotten about the name Owen and had almost settled on another name that just didn’t feel 100% right. So as soon as I had this moment with God, I knew his name had to be Owen! And he was born 100% healthy and perfect!

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- Bella Jun 28 at 10:54 am
  
  I call my Owen Owie sometimes.
  
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Melissa Jul 25 at 12:29 pm

We have given our baby names to God, as we know he knows our babies, and has a name and plan for each child.

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Betsy Apr 11 at 3:23 pm

Owen was my father’s middle name. He passed away when I was really young, maybe 5 or 6. For his middle name we took my father-in-law’s middle name, Bruce. So our son’s name is Owen Bruce, which is both middle names from his grandfathers.

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