Owain

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Owain. Doublet of Owen.

Proper noun

Owain

1. A male given name from Welsh, equivalent to English Owen.
   • 2014 November 22, Miles Brignall, “Victory against Vodafone for schoolteacher billed £15,000”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Owain Roberts, from Anglesey, was sent a bill for £4,300 by Vodafone.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh Owein, Ewein, from Old Welsh Ougein, Eugein, from Proto-Brythonic *Awɨɣėn. Cognate with Breton Yven, Ivin, Old Irish Úgaine, Augaine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈou̯ai̯n/

Proper noun

Owain m

1. a male given name from Old Welsh, often anglicised as Owen

Mutation

Mutated forms of Owain

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Owain	unchanged	unchanged	Howain

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.