Olwen
Origin
Welsh
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
white footprint; in the old tale of Culhwch and Olwen, white flowers spring up wherever she walks
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Olwen has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
The Olwen deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Olwen truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Olwen fits with your family’s names and surname.
Keep exploring
Does Olwen fit YOUR family?
nametree reads your family’s names and finds the ones that belong. Free, private, no ads.
Add Olwen to your family’s tree →