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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".
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