Name
OWEN

Name OWEN

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 310,595 births of Owen in the countries below, which represents an average of 2,187 births of children bearing the first name Owen per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 11,546 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Owen   
In Italiano Nome Owen   
Available variant : Owën


Information about the first name Owen

The first name Owen is listed in our categories :The first name Owen has been assigned to:
99.99% to boys
0.01% to girls
The country where the first name Owen is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Owen

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Owen : Enow, Nowe, Onew, Weno

Owen in Japanese *

Romajiooen
Katakanaオーエン
Hiraganaおーえん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Owen in Japanese
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Owen in sign language

Owen in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Owen

US English
Etymology src :
  • From various origins. Check below:
Anagrams src :
  • enow, owne, wone
Pronunciation src :
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊɪn/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊɪn/
  • Rhymes: -əʊɪn
  • Rhymes: -əʊən
Middle English
Etymology src :
  • From Old English āgan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą.
Alternative forms src :
  • ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔu̯ən/
Verb src :
  • owen
  • To own, possess, have control over, have authority over
  • To acquire, to receive ownership of
  • To owe, ought to give, have a debt towards
  • To be obliged to give
  • To respect, love (especially an authority)
  • To be appropriate, fitting, right for a situation
  • (auxillary) ought, should, be obliged to, be obligated to
Verb (Descendants) src :
  • English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle)
  • Scots: aw, awe
Verb (Usage notes) src :
  • This verb's past forms often have present connotations; this has occurred to such a degree in Modern English that this verb's past tense became a separate verb, ought.
ES Spanish
Etymology src :
  • Unadapted borrowing from English Owen.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈowen/ [ˈo.wẽn]
  • Rhymes: -owen
  • Syllabification: O‧wen
Proper noun src :
  • Owen m
  • a male given name from English [in turn from Welsh]
DE German
Etymology src :
  • From Middle High German ouwe (“terrain, landscape by water, in water, island”). Doublet of Aue (“floodplain”); see there for more.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯ən/
Proper noun src :
  • Owen n (proper noun, genitive Owens or (optionally with an article) Owen)
  • Owen (a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
 

Popularity of the name Owen

Number of OWEN births per year

Total births of Owen by country

Births with the first name Owen
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
218,940
24
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
32,445
0
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
14,401
0
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
13,625
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
5,578
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
5,166
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
4,467
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
4,069
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
3,957
2
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
2,188
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
1,962
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
1,014
1
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
964
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
470
0
CASKSaskatchewan
2013 - 2022
332
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
283
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
175
1
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
154
4
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
129
4
SESweden
1998 - 2022
100
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
54
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
49
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
30
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
4
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
2
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
1
0

Total births of Owen by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Owen
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
8,546
0
FRFrance
2022
1,047
0
ONOntario
2019
464
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
384
0
NLNetherlands
2022
286
0
AUAustralia
2022
147
0
BEBelgium
2022
138
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
135
0
ABAlberta
2022
100
1
QCQuebec
2022
66
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
44
0
NSNew Scotland
2022
39
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
37
0
CLChili
2021
34
0
IEIreland
2022
21
0
ARArgentina
2015
17
0
ITItaly
2021
14
2
DEGermany
2022
15
0
SESweden
2022
5
0
ATAustria
2021
3
0
DKDenmark
2022
1
0

Comments on the name Owen

Personalities with the first name Owen

There are 103 personalities with the first name Owen


Owen Willans Richardson
src

United kingdom
Physicist University teacher Theoretical physicist


Owen Wilson
(Owen Cunningham Wilson) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Comedian Character actor Voice actor Film producer Television actor Film actor


Owen Chamberlain
src

United states of america
Physicist University teacher


Owen Hargreaves
src

United kingdom
Association football player Pundit


Kevin Mccarthy
src

United states of america
Politician


David O. Russell
src

United states of america
Screenwriter Writer Film director Film producer Director


Bernard Williams
src

United kingdom
University teacher Philosopher


Owen Garriott
src

United states of america
Astronaut Engineer Military officer Electrical engineer Electrotechnician Aircraft pilot


John O. Brennan
(John Owen Brennan) src

United states of america
Civil servant Intelligence officer Intelligence analyst


Owen Hart
src

Canada
Professional wrestler



There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Owen
Full list of personalities with the first name Owen

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Owen

There are 841 actors and actresses with the first name Owen
Owen Bento
Owen Stewart
Owen Feetham
Owen Pattison
Owen Sholar
Owen Teague
Owen Best
Owen Taylor
Owen Kline
Owen Scarlett
Owen De Lancie
Owen Dennis
Owen Butler
Owen Drake
Owen Lee
Owen Harn
Owen Benjamin
Owen Jones-Bradleigh
Owen Hawk
Owen Edinger
Owen Williams
Owen Robinson
Owen Stadele
Owen Mcdonnell
Owen H.M. Smith
Owen Nolan
Owen Clark
Owen Wilson
Owen O'gorman
Owen Schumacher

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Owen
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Owen

Rankings of first name OWEN by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#4NS New Scotland2022
#10BC British Columbia2022
#12ON Ontario2019
#18AB Alberta2022
#18US United State of America2022
#41NL Netherlands2022
#63BE Belgium2022
#63FR France2022
#100AU Australia2022
#102QC Quebec2022
#112NZ New Zealand2022
#149GB United Kingdom2021
#234IE Ireland2022
#241CH Switzerland2021
#259CL Chili2021
#317AR Argentina2015
#628IT Italy2021
#949SE Sweden2022
#1071AT Austria2021
#1907DE Germany2022
#2244DK Denmark2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#4071IT Italy2021
#5137AB Alberta2022