The alten Surname
alten Name Meaning and History
- German habitational name from a place called Alten, for example the one near Dessau in eastern Germany.
- Perhaps a shortened form of Dutch van A(a)lten, a habitational name for someone from Aalten in Gelderland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Aloysius C. ALTEN d. 18 December 1911 - Kansas City, MO |
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| Dorothee Alten |
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