Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

olwen

/ˈɒlwɛn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: ol-wen
IPA: /ˈɒlwɛn/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Welsh from Welsh legend, specifically The Mabinogion.

Example Sentences

"[…] her daughter, posthumous child of Gil, to my astonishment christened in St. Aidan's with the name Marion (given by her godmother, a broadcaster friend of Esme) and Olwen (given by me as godfather, who thought Nuala's granddaughter should have a good Celtic name to sustain her through life). To my surprise and pleasure, it was Olwen that Esme chose to use when speaking of, and to, the baby - though she showed an unhappy tendency to shorten it to Ollie, in spite of my protests that this brought to mind not a stately princess, but the fat man in the Laurel and Hardy comedy series."

Etymology

From Welsh Olwen.

Origin

Source language: Welsh

Word Breakdown

Root: Olwen

Questions

How do you pronounce olwen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɒlwɛn/.
What does olwen mean?: A female given name from Welsh from Welsh legend, specifically The Mabinogion.
Where does olwen come from?: It is traced to Welsh.

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