Olwen
A girls’ name of Welsh origin, meaning white footprint or white track.
Babies a year
12
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2278
12 babies
Olwen by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Olwen.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 1917, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Olwen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean white
Like Olwen, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Fionafair or white1,672 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Biancawhite or pure827 in the US (2017)
- Ivorymade of ivory; the hard white material from elephant tusks512 in the US (2017)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Olwen
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