Name Owen

Origin:

From a Celtic word for yew

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About the name Owen in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English, Irish
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:	Owen, Bowen, Ewen, Gwen, Gwen, Iwen, Rowen, Swen Details

Group info:

About Eoghan, the group of names with the same origin as Owen

Language of origin:	Celtic
Info about origin:	old Irish/Scottish name whose origin is not known for sure
	maybe the Celtic word ebor (yew) is originally a part of the name
Words:	ebor = the yew (a tree) Celtic
Topics:	Words
Variants' top ranks:	26:Euan Scotland 1999, 32:Ewan Scotland 1999, 39:Eoghan Ireland 2009
Name variants:	Eoghan, Euan, Ewan, Owen Sortable list Details