owen is named after a character in a john irving novel "a prayer for owen meany". owen meany was small (in size) but big in personality, and strength of character. that about sums up scottish terriers (it was also my favorite book). his full name is owen laphroaig meany (a friend thought that being scottish owen needed to have a single malt scotch for a middle name and picked that one).
as for my cat, clive, he is an amalgam. he is named after the british actor: clive owen. (weird i know). i almost named him ramsay after my second favorite character (from the robertson davies "deptford trilogy") but clive owen works so well together!