Owen may refer to: Origin: The name Owen is of Irish 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, Missouri Owen is an extinct town in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Owen was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Of ...

, a ghost town * Owen, Wisconsin * Owen County, Indiana *

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 is the highest summit of the Ruby Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The thirteener is located in Gunnison National Forest at the edge of the Raggeds Wilderness, west-northwest ( bearing 290°) of the Town of Crested ...

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 par ...

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) Mount Owen can refer to: *Mount Owen (New Zealand) *Mount Owen, California, former name of Brown, California * Mount Owen (Alberta) in the Bow Range of the Canadian Rockies *Mount Owen (Antarctica) * Mount Owen (Colorado) in the Ruby Range of Colora ...

* Port Owen, 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), an American car made from 1910 to 1914 * Owen (musician), a solo project of American indie rock singer-songwriter Mike Kinsella ** ''Owen'' (album), a 2001 album * Owen (hippopotamus), a young orphan hippopotamus who formed a bond with a giant tortoise * Owen gun, 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 ...