Owen
OH-ən
A classic Welsh name long associated with nobility and youthfulness.
Meaning
Owen is the modern English form of the Welsh name Owain. In traditional Welsh name scholarship it is usually connected with an older Celtic name, though the exact etymology is debated; later usage strongly established it as a native Welsh name. The excerpts specifically place Owen in the Welsh and Breton name tradition and point to Welsh lexicographical sources.
Origin
WelshOld Celticmasculine
Fun fact
The name appears in Arthurian tradition, where Sir Owen is a well-known Welsh knight figure.
Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.