Kowen
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.
Kowen by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Kowen. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 22 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Kowen
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kowen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kowen
Names that are said the same way as Kowen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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