The kolden Surname
kolden Name Meaning and History
- German: from Middle Low German kolt, kolde ‘cold’, a nickname for an unfriendly person; alternatively, it may be a habitational name, a shortened form of Koldenhof ‘cold farm’ in Mecklenburg (standardized form: Kaltenhof, a frequent place name in northern Germany, East Prussia, Bavaria, and Württemberg).
- Norwegian: habitational name from a farm called Kolden, from Old Norse kollr ‘rounded mountain top’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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