Redden Family History
Redden Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Redden in Sprouston (Roxburghshire). Early-medieval spellings like Reuenden suggest that the placename is from Old English hræfna denu ‘ravens' valley’. English: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a patch of cleared woodland from Middle English reden(e) (Old English ryden) ‘clearing’. Irish: variant of Redding .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022