🔥Elowen

eh-LOW-en (Cornish); EL-oh-wen

Cornish

"elm"

Elowen Origin and Meaning

The name Elowen is a girl's name of Cornish origin meaning "elm".

A beautiful modern Cornish nature name that is rapidly picking up steam in the States: even spawning variant spellings like Elowyn and Elowynn. In its native region, it wasn't widely used as a name before the twentieth century, when the Cornish language was revived. A fresh and magical member of the fashionable El- family of names, it has a pleasant, evocative sound.

The traditional Cornish pronunciation is with stress on the middle syllable: eh-LOW-en. But most English speakers seem to pronounce it with first-syllable stress, perhaps on the example of more familiar names like Eleanor and Elodie.

Elowen has been in the Top 1000 in the UK since 2017 and is the preferred spelling there, while in the US, Elowyn is the favorite, currently in the Top 500. Elowen is also gaining attention however, and entered the Top 1000 in 2024 when it was chosen for 294 babies.

Elowen Rank in US Top 1000

# 898 in the US

Elowen Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 71 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Elowen

• 898 US 2024
• 71 Nameberry 2025
• 59 Unique 2023
• 610 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Elowen

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• Elowyn
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Famous People Named Elowen

• Elowen S. American child actress; twin of sister Willow

The name Elowen in Pop Culture

• Elowen character in Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden’s graphic novel "Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire"
• "Elowen and the Bramble Bush " Cornish folktale
• Lake Elowin California meaning "a place beyond the setting sun"
• Elo (star) wen (lady) meaning in Tolkien's Elvish