Details for the forename Alden

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Alden (surname)


Variants:	Aldin (S) Aldine (S) Alwyn (S) Auden (S) Haldane (S) Old (S) Olden (S)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	English 1. From a Middle English given name meaing "old friend". 2. A form of Haldane, Scottish from an Old Norse given name meaning "half-Dane". 3. German patronymic form of Old, meaning "elder", as opposed to "younger".