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
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.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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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 |