77%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arthurian Cycle Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Form of Owain used by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for his Arthurian romance Yvain, the Knight of the Lion. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootseu + genesVariantsOwain, YwainOther Languages & CulturesOwen(English) Ougein(Old Welsh) Owain, Owen(Welsh) People think this name isRate·Details classic formal upper class natural strong refined strange simple serious Categories Arthurian legend, isograms, Junketsu no Maria characters, knights of the Round Table, literature, uncertain etymology