Owyn

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 26 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
26
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Owyn by the numbers

Owyn was given to 26 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 52 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Owyn

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 Owyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Owenyoung warrior, well-born9,341 in the US (2017)
  • Owinfriend of sheep; a form of Owen11 in the US (2017)
  • Odyn28 in the US (2017)
  • Oryn25 in the US (2017)
  • Owynn18 in the US (2017)
  • Owan7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Owyn

Names that are said the same way as Owyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Owainyoung warrior; well-born18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Oheneking or chief7 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Owyn

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