Owen



Gender:
Origin: Welsh
1095 famous people named Owen found on Wikipedia.
187208 male, 475 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 25-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 23-th in year 2016
Used in: English, Irish, Welsh

Meanings

Owen is an anglicized variant of the Welsh name Owain. Owen is a traditional Welsh surname in the United Kingdom. Historically in Welsh Owen is spelt Owain and the Irish name is spelt Eóghan/Eoin. Etymologists consider it to be cognate with Eugene meaning noble-born. The name may appear as both a personal name and as a surname (with or without the s as in Owens (son of Owen)).


Celtic masc. proper name, ultimately from Greek eugenes "well-born;" via Gaelic Eòghann, Old Irish Eogán, Old Welsh Eugein, Ougein. In Medieval records, frequently Latinized as Eugenius; the form Eugene emerged in Scotland by late 12c. The Breton form Even led to modern French Ivain. Owenite in reference to the communistic system of social reformer Robert Owen (1771-1858) is attested from 1829.


Well born, yew born, young warrior, noble.

Famous People: 1095 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Owen Wilson 1968 American actor and screenwriter
2 Clive Owen 1964 British actor
3 Owen Hart 1965 Canadian professional and amateur wrestler
4 Owen Hunt Fictional character
5 Owen Farrell 1991 Rugby union player from England
6 Owen Hargreaves 1981 English footballer
7 Wilfred Owen 1893 English poet and soldier (1893-1918)
8 Owen Chase 1797 American sailor
9 Jake Owen 1981 American country music artist
10 Beverley Owen 1937 American actress
11 Bill Owen 1914 British actor
12 Owen Teale 1961 British actor
13 Sid Owen 1972 British actor
14 Stefania LaVie Owen 1997 American actress
15 Owen King 1977 American writer
16 Owen Tudor 1400 Welsh noble
17 Owen Coyle 1966 Scottish/Irish footballer
18 Owen Daniels 1982 American football player, tight end
19 Owen J. Baggett 1920 American Air Force officer
20 Rachel Owen 1968 British photographer, printmaker and academic expert on medieval Italian literature
21 Randy Owen 1949 American musician
22 Alison Owen 1961 English film producer
23 Owen K. Garriott 1930 American electrical engineer and former NASA astronaut
24 Jonny Owen 1971 British actor and producer
25 Lloyd Owen 1966 British actor
26 Owen Smith 1970 British politician
27 Reginald Owen 1887 British actor
28 Owen Benjamin 1980 American actor
29 Owen Brewster 1888 American politician
30 Owen Pallett 1979 Canadian musician
31 Owen Oyston 1934 British businessman
32 Rena Owen 1962 New Zealand actress
33 Owen Campbell Australian musician
34 Owen Nolan 1972 Ice hockey player
35 Nick Owen 1947 British journalist
36 Owen Danoff 1989
37 Owen Franks 1987 New Zealand rugby union player
38 Owen Coffin 1802 American whaler
39 John Owen 1616 English theologian
40 Judith Owen British singer
41 Kai Owen 1975 British actor
42 Jack Owen 1968 American musician
43 Johnny Owen 1956 Welsh boxer
44 Owen Paterson 1956 British politician
45 Rayvon Owen 1991 American singer
46 Owen Moore 1886 Irish-born actor in American films
47 Owen Harper Fictional character of Torchwood
48 Owen Barfield 1898 British philosopher
49 Owen Turner
50 Owen Brenman 1956 English actor
51 Owen Gleiberman 1959 American film critic
52 Melanie Owen
53 Terry Owen 1949 Footballer
54 Owen Armstrong
55 Owen Sheers 1974 Poet and novelist
56 Russ Owen
57 Owen Schmitt 1985 American football fullback
58 Owen Roberts 1875 American Supreme Court associate justice
59 Owen Lattimore 1900 American scholar of Central Asia
60 Owen Wister 1860 American writer
61 Owen Jones 1809 Welsh architect
62 Owen Garvan 1988 Irish association footballer
63 Lucy Owen 1970 British news presenter
64 Owen McDonnell 1974 Irish actor
65 Owen Wright 1990 Australian surfer
66 Owen Chamberlain 1920 American physicist
67 Owen Morris 1968 Welsh record producer
68 Meg Wynn Owen 1939 Welsh actress
69 Owen Bradley 1915 American record producer
70 Tim Owen British barrister
71 Owen Mercer
72 Owen Paul 1962 British singer
73 Owen Swift 1814 British bare-knuckle prize fighter
74 Owen Harris Director
75 Owen Joyner 2001 American child actor, film actor and actor
76 Owen Willans Richardson 1879 British physicist
77 Glyn Owen 1928 British actor
78 Owen Bennett-Jones British journalist
79 Ken Owen 1970 British musician
80 Owen Daniel Young 1874 American businessman
81 Ruth Bryan Owen 1885 American politician
82 Owen Tippett 1999
83 Brad Owen 1950 American politician
84 Priscilla Owen 1954 American judge
85 Owen Van Natta 1969 American computer/internet entrepreneur
86 Owen Roe O'Neill 1590 Irish soldier
87 Lisa Owen 1965 Mexican writer, actor and television actor
88 Nicholas Owen 1550 Jesuit lay brother and martyr
89 Owen Cheung 1987 Hong Kong actor
90 Owen Turtenwald American Magic: THE Gathering player
91 Owen Biddle 1977 American musician
92 Robert Dale Owen 1801 United States politician
93 Sam Owen
94 Mark Owen 1976 American writer
95 Laurence Owen 1944 Figure skater
96 Ivan Owen 1927 British puppeteer
97 Owen Chadwick 1916 English rugby union player
98 Owen Beck 1976 Professional boxer
99 James A. Owen 1969 Illustrator
100 Owen Marecic 1988 Football player
101 Spike Owen 1961 American baseball player
102 Owen Gray 1939 Jamaican musician
103 Owen Carron 1953 Irish politician
104 Nicole Owen
105 Owen Schumacher 1967 Dutch television presenter, writer, presenter and cabaret artist
106 Owen Owen Welsh entrepreneur
107 Owen Aaronovitch 1956 English actor, known for portraying Jon Lindsay in ''Coronation Street''
108 Kevin Owen British newsreader
109 Owen Glenn 1940 An expatriate New Zealand businessman and philanthropist
110 Owen Gingerich 1930 American astronomer and historian of science
111 Daddy Owen 1982 Kenyan musicians
112 Seena Owen 1894 Actress
113 Owen Dixon 1886 Australian judge and diplomat
114 Owen Thomas Edgar 1831 United States Navy sailor
115 Robert Latham Owen 1856 American politician
116 Jamie Owen 1967 British journalist
117 Owen Money 1947 British musician
118 Owen Honors 1961 US NAvy officer
119 Owen Hale 1948 American musician
120 Owen Roizman 1936 American cinematographer
121 Owen Hatherley 1981 British journalist and writer
122 Daniel Owen 1836 Welsh novelist
123 Harriet Owen British actress
124 Owen Davidson 1943 Australian tennis player
125 Owen Knight
126 Owen Da Gama 1961 Association footballer
127 Albert Owen 1959 British politician
128 Rhodri Owen 1972 British broadcaster
129 Michael Owen 1980 Rugby player
130 Owen Arthur 1949 Barbadian politician
131 Owen Flanagan 1949 American philosopher
132 Scott Owen 1975 Australian musician
133 Alun Owen 1925 British screenwriter
134 Charlie Owen Australian guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, producer
135 Tudor Owen 1898 Actor
136 Mickey Owen 1916 American MLB catcher
137 Evelyn Owen 1915 Inventor of the Owen Gun
138 Maribel Owen 1940 Figure skater
139 Owen Kline 1991 American actor
140 David Owen 1955 American journalist and author
141 Greg Owen 1972 Professional golfer
142 Owen Lovejoy 1943 Anthropologist
143 Owen Spencer-Thomas 1940 British journalist
144 Owen Walker 1989 New Zealand computer hacker
145 Stephen Owen 1946 American linguist and sinologist
146 Owen Dudley Edwards 1938 Irish historian
147 Owen Lloyd George, 3rd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor 1924 British peer
148 Nora Owen 1945 Irish politician
149 Owen Finlay Maclaren 1907 British businessman
150 Bennie Owen 1875 American football player and coach, basketball coach
151 Owen Finegan 1972 Australian rugby union player
152 Siobhan Owen 1993 Australian singer and harpist
153 Owen J. Quinn 1941 American parachutist
154 Adrian Owen 1966 British neuroscientist
155 Robert Owen 1944 British judge
156 Owen Brannigan 1908 British opera singer
157 Owen Tudor Boyd 1889 Royal Air Force air marshal
158 Syd Owen 1922 English footballer and manager
159 Chris Owen
160 Owen Kelly 1977 Australian racing driver
161 Tom Owen 1952 American football player
162 Owen Cook 1979 Canadian pick-up artist
163 Morfydd Llwyn Owen 1891 Welsh opera singer and composer
164 Owen Hill Colorado politician
165 Owen Sheehy-Skeffington 1909 Irish politician
166 Owen Davis 1874 American dramatist
167 Owen Brennan 1910 Restaurateur
168 Owen Davies 1969 British social historian
169 Owen Klassen 1991 Canadian basketball player
170 Christian Owen Actor
171 Dickie Owen 1927 British actor
172 Owen Craigie 1978 Australian rugby league player
173 Owen Thompson 1978 Scottish politician
174 Owen Luder 1928 British architect who designed a number of notable and sometimes controversial buildings in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s
175 Owen Dodson 1914 American writer
176 Owen Johnson 1878 American novelist and short story writer
177 Owen A. Allred 1914 Leader of the Apostolic United Brethren
178 Owen McCourt 1884 Canadian ice hockey player
179 Sue Owen 1955
180 Ethel Owen 1893 Actress
181 Steve Owen 1974 Australian racing driver
182 Owen Heary 1976 Irish footballer
183 Owen Bieber 1929 President, United Auto Workers
184 Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant 1863 British politician
185 Owen Williams 1991 Welsh rugby union player, born 1991
186 Frank Owen 1905 British politician
187 Gary Owen 1929 Welsh snooker player
188 Catherine Dale Owen 1900 Actress
189 Marv Owen 1906 American baseball player and coach
190 Owen de la Pole 1257 Marcher lord
191 Owen Morgan Edwards 1858 Welsh historian, educationalist and writer
192 Owen Morshead 1893 British Army officer
193 Don Owen 1931 Canadian film director, writer and producer
194 Guy Owen 1925 American writer
195 Owen Matthews 1971 British writer, historian and journalist
196 Owen Merton 1887 British artist
197 Owen Oglethorpe 1502 Academic and bishop
198 Jim Owen 1941 American singer-songwriter
199 May Owen 1892
200 Yvonne Owen 1923 British actress