THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Owen
Owen is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Owen.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Owen.
a male given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
From various origins. See below
A male given name.; A male given name from Welsh, an anglicization of Welsh Owain.; A male given name from Irish, an anglicization of Irish Eoghan.
SpanishEtymology & source
Unadapted borrowing from English Owen.
a male given name from English
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Owen
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Owen Bowen
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Owen Bowen
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Owen in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Owen
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Gwen♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Owing·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Dayawen·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Owen?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Owen further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q3887735 — Owen (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Owen Bowen (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q3887735 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Owen (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Owen (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Owen (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.