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Owen

Pronunciation: OH-ehn (key)

Origin of the name Owen:

A name of uncertain derivation. Some believe it to be from the Welsh oen (lamb). Others feel it is from the Gaelic Loghunn (youth), and yet another suggestion is that it is the Welsh form of the Latin Eugenius (well-born, noble).

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Owen Wilson, Actor
Owen Tudor (c. 1400 - 1461) ancestor of Tudor dynasty
Owen Davis (1874-1956), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Owen Barfield (1898-1997), British Christian writer and friend of C.S. Lewis
Owen Hart (1965-1999), World Wrestling Federation Star

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A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving. Published in 1989.

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