Owen

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English[edit]

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From various origins. See below:

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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.

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From English Owen.

Proper noun[edit]

Owen

  1. a male given name from Welsh

German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯ən/
  • (file)

Proper noun[edit]

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

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

Plautdietsch[edit]

Noun[edit]

Owen m (plural Owes)

  1. oven, stove

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English Owen.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Owen m

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

Transylvanian Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Owen

  1. (Brașov) oven

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References[edit]

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