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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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Elm tree, in the Cornish name tradition.
Credit: Cardinham & Millpool Community Magazine, April–May 2021, Personal names, PDF page 34. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; the publication lists Elowen as a Cornish female personal name meaning elm tree. Akademi Kernewek independently corroborates the Cornish word meaning. This does not supply an English pronunciation.
Cornish.
Credit: Cardinham & Millpool Community Magazine, April–May 2021, Personal names, PDF page 34. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; the publication lists Elowen as a Cornish female personal name meaning elm tree. Akademi Kernewek independently corroborates the Cornish word meaning. This does not supply an English pronunciation.
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Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 34 · preliminary | 834 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 5 (rounded to 5) | 3430 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 3918 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 82 | 483 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Girls | 6 | 474 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 341 | 797 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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Credit: Cardinham & Millpool Community Magazine, April–May 2021, Personal names, PDF page 34. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; the publication lists Elowen as a Cornish female personal name meaning elm tree. Akademi Kernewek independently corroborates the Cornish word meaning. This does not supply an English pronunciation.
Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; source publication copyright retained by its respective authors. No open licence for the source publication asserted.
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Credit: Cardinham & Millpool Community Magazine, April–May 2021, Personal names, PDF page 34. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; the publication lists Elowen as a Cornish female personal name meaning elm tree. Akademi Kernewek independently corroborates the Cornish word meaning. This does not supply an English pronunciation.
Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; source publication copyright retained by its respective authors. No open licence for the source publication asserted.
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Credit: Akademi Kernewek. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names. The dictionary gives elm tree for elowen; the separate community publication establishes personal-name use.
Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; source publication copyright retained by its respective authors. No open licence for the source publication asserted.
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Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
