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Owain
Owain is a name of Welsh origin, apparently corresponding (along with Iwan) to Irish "Eoghan". There is more than one proposed etymology for this name. Several etymologists consider it to be cognate with Eugene meaning noble-born. However, the encyclopedia Irish Names disputes the connection with Eugene and derives the name . An alternative but less likely origin of the name is Proto-Celtic "Esugenos", meaning "engendered of Esos".

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Owain
[Arthurian] In history he is known as the son of Urien and a prince of Rheged. Eugenius is the Roman equivalent of his name. He, like his father, fought the Northern Angles towards the end of the sixth century. In a churchyard in Penrith is the so-called Giant's Grave that was regarded for a long time as his and an elegy on his death was composed by the Welsh bard Taliesin. He later became a hero of Welsh legend. He was pulled into Arthurian saga anachronistically, because he was unknown at the time Culwych and Olwen, which never mentions him, was written. This might be the result of brief allusion to him found in Geoffrey of Monmouth. A Welsh triad names his mother as Modron, originally a Celtic goddess. He is a character in The Dream of Rhonabwy and Owain (or The Lady of the Fountain). Owain probably dates from around the thirteenth century and is one of the "three romances" of Middle Welsh prose the others being Geraint and Enid and Peredur. There is an undefined relationship between them a...
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