The crittenden Surname
crittenden Name Meaning and History
English (Kent): habitational name from Crittenden in Kent, which is
named with the Old English personal name Gu{dh}here + Old
English -ing- denoting association with + Old English
denn ‘woodland pasture’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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