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alden Name Meaning and History

  1. English: from a Middle English personal name. This is either Aldan, a variant of Healfdane (see Haldane), or Aldine, Old English Ealdwine, literally ‘old friend’, but probably to be interpreted as ‘friend of the past’.
  2. Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in western Norway, so named because of its situation below a high mountain.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of alden Families in the US in 1920
Number of alden families
 143-284
 48-142		 1-47
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Threads: 256 - Messages: 897
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wesley ,alden william alden terrence w. alden 19
SAMJEL E ALDEN and DIANA MITCHELL in CONNECTICUT kHaworth0919 0
Thomas Frederick Alden RebeccaHamper 4
family of john francis alden of middleboro,ma opalessence55 0
John Alden & Priscilla Mullins nnancy123 16
John Alden Anne Anderson 87
elizabeth alden george alther 26
John Campbell Alden, Ft. Lauderdale 1911 kru1zers 0
Willaird Alden and wife Emmeline bartlettbob50 9
alden family tree/ancestors joseph owen 8
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