Owen

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English

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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 derived from the given name.
  4. A surname from Irish , a variant of McKeown.
  5. A surname from Scottish Gaelic , 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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Etymology

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From English Owen.

Proper noun

Owen

  1. a male given name from English

German

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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/
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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/
  • Rhymes: -owen
  • Syllabification: O‧wen

Proper noun

Owen m

  1. a male given name from English

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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