Owan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Owan by the numbers
Owan was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Owan
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 Owan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Owenyoung warrior, well-born9,341 in the US (2017)
- Olansmall deer, fawn22 in the US (2017)
- Oranpale, green; a form of Oren17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Owainyoung warrior; well-born18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ozanbard; minstrel; poet15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Owinfriend of sheep; a form of Owen11 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Owan
Names that are said the same way as Owan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Owan
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