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arden Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name for someone from the district of Arden in Warwickshire or from Arden in North Yorkshire. Both place names are derived from a Celtic word meaning ‘high’, and are cognate with Ardennes, name of a forested region on the borders between northeastern France and eastern Belgium.

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Distribution of arden Families in the US in 1920
Number of arden families
 20-38
 7-19
 1-6
 0
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