Given name & surname
Owin
“born of Esos”
Owin is a variant of Owen. One Latin interpretation is “born of Esos.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Owin is a variant of Owen. One Latin interpretation is “born of Esos.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Owin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 211
- 211 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,739 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,739 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 208 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Owin’s family of names
Owin has a related form in Owen. In German usage, Owin as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Овин.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.