Ab Owain is a Celtic surname from the

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''ab Owain'' meaning "son of Owen" (Owen meaning 'noble')The Bowen Surname
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Cadwgan ab Owain Cadwgan ab Owain (died 951) was a joint king of Glywysing in Wales of the High Middle Ages along with his brother Gruffydd.Charles-Edwards, T. ''Wales and the Britons, 350–1064'', pp517537 Oxford Univ. Press, 2012. Accessed 20 Feb 2013. His ot ...

(died 951), joint king of Glywysing in Wales, brother of Gruffydd *

Einion ab Owain Einion ab Owain (died ) was a medieval Welsh prince of the House of Dinefwr. He was the eldest son and probable edling of King Owain of Dyfed, son of Hywel Dda. The ''Chronicle of the Princes'' records Einion assisting King Iago of Gwynedd in ...

(died c. 984), prince of the House of Dinefwr, in Wales *

Gruffydd ab Owain Gruffydd ab Owain (died ) was a joint king of Glywysing in Wales along with his brother Cadwgan. His other brother Morgan ruled in Gwent. His death was recorded in the ''Annals of Wales''.The Annals of Wales The ( Latin for ''Annals of ...

(died 935), joint king of Glywysing in Wales, brother of Cadwgan * Gwenwynwyn ab Owain (died c. 1216), king in central Wales * Hywel ab Owain (died 1043), king of a part of Glywysing in Wales * Ieuan Ddu ab Dafydd ab Owain (fl. 1440–1480), Welsh poet * Maredudd ab Owain (died 999), 10th-century king in Wales * Morgan Hen ab Owain (died 974), king of Gwent, Wales * Rhys ab Owain (died 1078), king of Deheubarth in southern Wales * Robin Llwyd ab Owain (born 1959), Welsh poet and author

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List of people surnamed ab Owain

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