Scottish: habitational name from a place in the parish of
Coldingham, Berwickshire. The first element of the place name is of
uncertain origin, apparently the genitive case of a personal name; the
second is probably Old English denu ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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