Olwen

O1L1W4E1N1
/ˈɒlwɛn/

proper noun

A female given name from Welsh from Welsh legend, specifically The Mabinogion.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Welsh from Welsh legend, specifically The Mabinogion.
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    […] her daughter, posthumous child of Gil, to my astonishment christened in St. Aidan's with the name Marion (given by her godmother, a broadcaster friend of Esme) and Olwen (given by me as godfather, who thought Nuala's granddaughter should have a good Celtic name to sustain her through life). To my surprise and pleasure, it was Olwen that Esme chose to use when speaking of, and to, the baby - though she showed an unhappy tendency to shorten it to Ollie, in spite of my protests that this brought to mind not a stately princess, but the fat man in the Laurel and Hardy comedy series.

    1994, Robertson Davies, The Cunning Man, Viking, published 1995, →ISBN

Origin

  1. WelshOlwen
  2. EnglishOlwen

From Welsh Olwen.

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APA

Olwen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Olwen

MLA

“Olwen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Olwen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Olwen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Olwen.

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