Owen Family History
Owen Surname Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Owain from Latin Eugenius (see Eugene). This Welsh personal name is cognate with Old Irish Eogán see 2 and Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’.
See McEwen. Irish: from Ó hEoghain ‘descendant of Eoghan’.
See Ewen.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022