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Who is Owen?

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Spied · 01/10/2019 07:21

Inspired by another thread. What kind of person do you think of when you hear 'Owen'?

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Spied · 03/10/2019 08:57

Love all these perceptions of Owen.Grin

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RueCambon · 03/10/2019 08:12

Both Owen and Eoin are fatigued clarifying which way their name spellwd. Both polite about though. Pre internet both mums thought they used the only way.

Deemail · 02/10/2019 21:38

The original milky bar kid.

june2007 · 02/10/2019 21:36

I think of a small curly blond haired boy i knew called Owen. Or a brunette smart musical teanager called Owen.

AgeLikeWine · 02/10/2019 21:36

A good bloke, but not as cool as his Irish mate Eoin.

emilybrontescorsett · 02/10/2019 21:31

Blonde and cute. Fairly reserved, popular.

Crystal87 · 02/10/2019 19:05

Reminds me of a kid I went to school with, he had black hair in a bowl cut. I always picture him every time I hear the name.

Gummibaerchen1 · 02/10/2019 14:52

He wears sandals with white socks!

golddustwomen · 02/10/2019 14:41

Cheeky and cute !!

Gummibaerchen1 · 02/10/2019 14:40

Short and bald.

TheRaccoonLandlord · 02/10/2019 14:15

Funny and cheeky, a bit of a trouble maker but loveable

TikkaMoSalah · 02/10/2019 14:14

Kind, funny, and quite cheeky at times. Affectionate. And yes, very fair in appearance. Can you tell I’ve got one too!

MrsLEB · 02/10/2019 14:11

An old annoying guy at work

Ohyesiam · 02/10/2019 14:08

A big pale Welsh man. Slow movements, gentle, but not great with relationships or intimacy.

It’s only my imagination though.

IfIShouldFallFromGraceWithGod · 02/10/2019 14:06

Annoying

IfIShouldFallFromGraceWithGod · 02/10/2019 14:06

LOJ
small and annoyong

FelicityFlutterby · 02/10/2019 14:05

Reading*
Playing*

FelicityFlutterby · 02/10/2019 14:04

I'm deliberately not teading the thread before I write this, as I don't want to subconsciously take on other posters' ideas. Am I taking this a bit too seriously Grin?

I think Owen as a child likes soft play and lkaying football. He is pretty good at maths at school.

When he's older he is sporty and well groomed. He studies something business-y or engineering at university or maybe becomes a mechanic.

As a middle aged - older man, he's quite good looking and is a regular at fancy pubs, but not a big drinker. He just has a pint on his own and reads the paper or has a chat with other regulars or sometimes has lunch there with his partner.

I have no idea where all that came from^^! I obviously have a particularly strong association with the name Owen for some reason!

spiderlight · 02/10/2019 13:33

Owen is a nice kid. Quiet, but a good mate with a great sense of humour once you get to know him. Dark, sturdy, surprisingly sporty. I know two and they are both like this.

Sexnotgender · 02/10/2019 06:00

He's that twat from the Guardian

This. He’s ruined the name for me. Which is a shame as I quite like it.

KatherineJaneway · 02/10/2019 05:59

Welsh.

Icantthinkofanewname87 · 02/10/2019 05:56

Pale - pale skin, pale hair, pale eyes. Just generally pale. Unhealthy looking and a bit socially awkward. Quite funny though.

RueCambon · 01/10/2019 20:12

45, Irish or Welsh,, likes rugby but nice guy

MissHenty · 01/10/2019 20:09

(can you tell I’m a baby name stats geek!!)

What you say sounds completely in line with the data though @Pieceofpurplesky as the children you teach in school won’t have been born in the past 4 years. A lot can change in that time ! Look at Arlo! Came from nowhere!

MissHenty · 01/10/2019 20:08

@Pieceofpurplesky yes that makes sense as a few years ago Owen was more popular than Rowan. Infact Owen has always been more popular than Rowan until about 2 years ago.
Rowan is now storming up the charts, it’s in the top 100 (Owen is not) and on current trajectory will be top 50 or top 30 soon. It climbed 15 or so places this year whereas Owen fell a few places.

Owen on the other hand is declining in popularity.

The ONS statistics speak for themselves. See graphs below based on Government ONS data for Uk baby names:

names.darkgreener.com/#owen

names.darkgreener.com/#rowan

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