Owers Family History

English (Essex) is of Norman origin from the Old French personal name Urs (from Latin ursus ‘bear’) or a nickname from the word from which the name was derived.

It is also a habitational name for someone who lived on or near some flat-topped ridges or some river or sea banks, derived from the plural of Middle English our, Old English ōfer or ofer.

This name can be considered a variant of Ower, the singular form of the aforementioned term.

Furthermore, Ower is also a habitational name from any of the places so named in Hampshire and Kent.

Additionally, there is a post-medieval excrescent -s associated with this name.