Meaning:
("Young Warrior", "Well Born",
"Noble", “Lamb”, “Born of the Yew Tree.” In Northern Ireland the name
Eoghan is found in Tir Eoghan, County Tyrone or “The Land of Eoghan” and is
often accompanied by Roe in memory of the Irish patriot Eoghan Roe (”Red
Eoghan”) O’Neill who won a great battle over the British at Benburb in 1646.
Recorded
as Owens and occasionally Owenson, this is a Royal Welsh surname, being, it is
claimed, descent from the ancient tribes of
North Wales.
It is a patronymic of Owen, which is derived either from the ancient Celtic
personal name Owain, adapted from the Latin "Eugenius", meaning
"Well-Born", or from the Old Welsh word "Oen", meaning the
Lamb. Given the warrior status of the clan, this seems an unlikely explanation.
Owain or Owen has long been one of the most popular of all Welsh personal
names, and some thirty-nine Owains are featured in ancient Welsh legends.
Hereditary surnames were a later adoption in Wales than almost any other
European country, not becoming 'fixed' until the 17th century/ Examples of the
name recording include Owen Gwynedd, a 12th Century chieftain, and Owen
Glendower (Owain Glyndwr), 1353 - 1416, the greatest hero of Welsh history. He was
the Prince of Wales who established the Welsh parliaments and nearly became an
independent king of
Wales,
but was defeated by Henry IV of
England.
The personal name was first recorded in
England in 926, in the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicles, as "Uwen", and the much later coat of arms has the
unusual blazon of a red field, charged with six gold pineapples. The first
recorded spelling of the family name in any form may be that of Ralph Owein.
This was dated 1221, in the Assize Rolls of Warwickshire", during the reign
of King Henry 11th of
England,
1216 - 1272. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued
to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original
spelling.
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Owens )
Origin: (Welsh, Old Irish)
Pronunciation: (O-ən (English),
OH-ehn, O-uhn, O-in)
Gender: Male
The meanings are strong and great
and the long history of use is also great. This is a well known first and last
name which means given its short and easily recognized then it also is easily
pronounced which is a major plus. I just came to like this when watching the
movie Jurassic World. Owen Grady *see on
list of posts* is an ex-navy guy who works
with the Velociraptor on the Island.
This is another great Irish name
that would work just about anywhere and has a very defender of the weak kind of
look but also can seem a bit brainy too It’s really up to the author as to what
kind of character they see when they use this name.
