The eden Surname
eden Name Meaning and History
- English: from the Middle English personal name Edun, Old English Eadhun, composed of the elements ead ‘prosperity’, ‘wealth’ + hun ‘bear-cub’.
- English: habitational name from Castle Eden or Eden Burn in County Durham, both of which derive from a British river name perhaps meaning ‘water’, recorded by the Greek geographer Ptolemy in the 2nd century ad in the form Ituna.
- German: habitational name any of several places, mainly in Bavaria and Austria, so named from Middle High German œde ‘wasteland’ + the dative suffix -n.
- Frisian: patronymic from the personal name Ede.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Jeremiah Eden/Sarah Rouser |
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| Eden family of Harberton or Harbertonford, Devon, England |
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| EDEN FAMILY TREE | FRANKIE CECIL EDEN | 3 |
| Eden family Woolwich London 1800's |
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| Eden's in Oklahoma | Missi | 4 |
| James G Eden |
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| Looking for Edens | Lydia Eden | 24 |
| Elizabeth Edens |
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