Owen: boring or classic?

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Thinking of Owen for a boy's name.

Can't quite decide if it's in the cool category of being underused; classic; known and pronounceable but a bit unusual / quirky; strong; and masculine.... which is entirely what I want.

....or if I'm just being boring! What do you guys think?

Our fave girls option is Nina, if that helps in terms of our style.

I like it, it's a nice short name and not overused

I don't mind it. It's like Noah to me. It sounds like a girls name.

I see it as a sort of ‘fresh’ classic. It reminds me of names like Seth, Calvin, Jonas. The type of name everyone knows how to spell/pronounce but aren’t so popular that there are a few in every nursery class.

I like it. My son has 2 Owen's in his year group at school (Y9)

I wouldn’t choose it but it doesn’t offend me. It’s a good sound name and I don’t think it’s overused?

I think because Owen is now so widely used in other English speaking countries (particularly the US), it feels more of a slightly quirky or modern classic rather than very Welsh anymore (the Owain spelling/pronunciation, I'd assume some Welsh heritage).

Nina works wells with Owen and has a similar feel to me - neither are boring or super popular but both are simple, slightly off -beat but well-known names that suit all ages (but are not as traditional or perennially popular as say James, Thomas or Elizabeth, C/Katherine etc.)

I really, really like Owen. It's an underused classic for me.

Classic. A name I considered for my DS.

The only reason we didn't have Owen is that a good friend had already used it, and this put DH off.

Makes me think of Danny Devito in Thow momma from the train movie.

It’s nice.

Good name. There’s one at my dc’s school and it sounds fresh and slightly retro (in a good way).

I love it ! No idea if it’s classic but it’s definitely not boring .

Classic and currently underused