Owais
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 28 babies a year in England and Wales.
Owais by the numbers
In 2025, 28 babies in England and Wales were named Owais. In the US, 17 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Owais
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 Owais. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Owainyoung warrior; well-born18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Odaliswealthy or prosperous; a form of Odelia or Odile24 in the US (2017)
- Ottiswealthy; a form of Otto13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Omairlong-lived; a form of umar9 in the US (2017)
- Obaidworshipper; servant6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Owensyoung warrior; a form of Owen5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Owais
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