Owen

See also: owen

English

Etymology

From various origins. See below:

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Owen

  1. A male given name from Welsh, an anglicization of Welsh Owain.
  2. A male given name from Irish, an anglicization of Irish Eoghan.
  3. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from the given name.
  4. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of McKeown.
  5. A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of MacEwen.
  6. A place name:
    1. A town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
    2. A community in South Australia.
    3. An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for county official John Owen.
    4. A ghost town in Missouri; named for local merchant James W. Owen.
    5. A city in Wisconsin; named for the John S. Owen Company.
    6. A number of townships in the United States, including one in Illinois, four in Indiana and one in Iowa, listed under Owen Township.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Owen.

Proper noun

Owen

  1. a male given name from English [in turn from Welsh]

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ouwe (terrain, landscape by water, in water, island). Doublet of Aue (floodplain); see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯ən/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Owen n (proper noun, genitive Owens or (optionally with an article) Owen)

  1. Owen (a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Plautdietsch

Noun

Owen m (plural Owes)

  1. oven, stove

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Owen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈowen/ [ˈo.wẽn]
  • Rhymes: -owen
  • Syllabification: O‧wen

Proper noun

Owen m

  1. a male given name from English [in turn from Welsh]

Transylvanian Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz. Cognates include German Ofen, Luxembourgish Uewen and English oven.

Noun

Owen

  1. (Brașov) oven

See also

References

  • Adelheid Frățilă, Hildegard-Anna Falk, Das Siebenbürgisch-Säschsische. Eine Inselmundart im Vergleich mit dem Hochdeutschen, Neue Didaktik, 2011
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