OWEN  

Gender: M
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: "well-born"

Popularity in 2008: #58

This resonant Celtic name has jumped almost three hundred places in a decade, with every indication it will go higher. The name of a legendary saint, it's hot in Hollywood, picked by such stars as Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline, Ricki Lake, and Noah Wyle.

Variations:
Owyn, Owin, Owain, Owain, Owin, Owyn

International Variations:
Owain, Ouen (French) Eóghan, Eóghan, Eoin (Gaelic)

People who like Owen also like:

Adelaide, Alice, Amelia, Charlotte, Delilah, Genevieve, Iris, Lucy, Poppy, Ruby, Julian, Quinn, Seth, Noah, Atticus

Owen is being discussed in our message boards:

• Build a sibling set together!
• Names in Your Child's Class/Daycare/Playgroup
• big family game!
• Baby Boy WDYT of the possible names?
• narrowing my list...need help

Read Nameberry blog posts about Owen:

• CALIFORNIA DESERT NAMES
• FAVORITE NAMES: Why We Love What We Love
• NAMEBERRY FAVES II: THE BOYS' NAMES NAMEBERRYITES LOVE MOST
• THE NEW BOYS' NAMES 3: Ethnic Choices
• TWIN NAMES: Individual Choices, Same Meaning