Owen may refer to: Origin: The name Owen is of

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

and

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

origin. Its meanings range from noble, youthful, and well-born. Gender: Owen is historically the masculine form of the name. Popular feminine variations include Eowyn and Owena. Pronunciation: OH-en

People and fictional characters

Owen (name) Owen is usually an anglicised variant of the Welsh personal name . Originally a patronymic, Owen became a fixed surname in Wales beginning with the reign of Henry VIII. Etymologists consider it to originate from '' Eugene'' meaning 'noble-born'. A ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname

Places

United States

Owen, Indiana Owen is an unincorporated community in Owen Township, Clark County, Indiana. History Owen was originally called Herculaneum, and under the latter name was founded in 1830. A post office was established in Owen in 1878, and remained in operation ...

* Owen, Missouri, a ghost town *

Owen, Wisconsin Owen is a city in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 940 at the 2010 census. Owen is located directly east of the village of Withee, which is about half the size of Owen. History In 1880 the Wisconsin Central Railr ...

Owen County, Indiana Owen County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1920 the United States Census Bureau calculated the mean center of U.S. population to fall within this county. As of the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 21,575. Its coun ...

Owen County, Kentucky Owen County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Owenton. The county is named for Colonel Abraham Owen. It is a prohibition or dry county, with the exception of a winery that is authorized ...

* Mount Owen (Colorado) *

Mount Owen (Wyoming) Mount Owen () is the second highest peak in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is named after William O. Owen, who organized the first documented ascent of the Grand Teton in 1898. Mount Owen is part ...

Elsewhere

Owen Island Owen Island in the Antarctic is a small (19 ha), circular, ice-free island lying between Round Point and Pottinger Point about 500 m off the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands The South Shet ...

, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica *

Owen, South Australia Owen (postcode 5460) is a rural community in the heart of the Adelaide Plains. Owen is above sea-level and receives a reliable 416 mm (about 16.5 inches) of rain annually and was first settled in about 1865. It is about 80 km no ...

, a small town *

Owen, Germany Owen (, see below) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located southeast of Stuttgart and south of Kirchheim unter Teck. Pronunciation The name's pronunciation contradicts ordinary German or ...

, town in Baden-Württemberg * Mount Owen (disambiguation) *

Port Owen ''Port Owen'' is a man-made marina in the town of Velddrif, 145 km from Cape Town, on the west coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa. Velddrif, which has incorporated the village of Laaiplek has the lowest crime statistics in South Afric ...

, South Africa

Ships

* , a destroyer that took part in World War II and the Korean War * , a British Royal Navy frigate

Other uses

Owen (automobile) The Owen was a brass era luxury automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Owen Motor Car Company from 1910 to 1912. History The Owen designed by Ralph Owen was a luxury automobile with a 50-hp, four-cylinder engine. It had progressive fea ...

, an American car made from 1910 to 1914 *

Owen (musician) Owen is a solo project of Mike Kinsella, and part of the Chicago, Illinois indie rock scene. Kinsella is one of the dominant and influential figures in the Chicago indie scene, having also led the band American Football, and played in the ban ...

, a solo project of American indie rock singer-songwriter Mike Kinsella ** ''Owen'' (album), a 2001 album *

Owen (hippopotamus) Owen and Mzee are a hippopotamus and an Aldabra giant tortoise, respectively, that became the subject of media attention after forming an unusual bond of friendship. They live in Haller Park, Bamburi, Kenya. Owen was separated from his herd as a ...

, a young orphan hippopotamus who formed a bond with a giant tortoise *

Owen gun The Owen gun, known officially as the Owen machine carbine, was an Australian submachine gun designed by Evelyn Owen in 1938. The Owen was the only entirely Australian-designed and constructed service submachine gun of World War II and was used ...

, an Australian World War II submachine gun *

Owen Graduate School of Management The Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1969, Owen awards six degrees: a standard 2-year Master of Business Administr ...