Owen

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊɪn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊɪn/
• Rhymes: -əʊɪn
• Rhymes: -əʊən

Owen

1. A male given name, an anglicization of Welsh Owain.
2. A male given name, an anglicization of Irish Eoghan.
3. A Welsh patronymic surname​ derived from the given name.
4. An Irish patronymic surname​, a variant of McKeown.
5. An Scottish patronymic surname​, a variant of MacEwen.
6. A town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
7. A city in Wisconsin; named for the John S. Owen Company.
8. A community in South Australia.
9. An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for county official John Owen.
10. A ghost town in Missouri; named for local merchant James W. Owen.

• 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):

  : Act II, Scene II:

  This Edmund, in the reign of Bolingbroke,

  As I have read, laid claim unto the crown;

  And but for Owen Glendower, had been king,

  Who kept him in captivity till he died.

• enow, owne, wone

From English Owen.

Owen

1. A male given name

From Middle High German ouwe (“terrain, landscape by water, in water, island”). Doublet of Aue (“floodplain”); see there for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯ən/

Owen n (genitive Owens)

1. Owen (a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany)