Owney - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Owney \o(w)-ney\ is a variant of Hewney (Irish, Gaelic), and the meaning of Owney is "green".

The baby name Owney sounds like Owen, Enne, Enea, Ewen, Jonny, June, Owynn, Owin and Owain. Other similar baby names are Ohnrey, Toney, Coney, Olley and Rowney.

Owney is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#42603 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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