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 [ 2 syll. al-den, ald-en ] The boy name Alden is pronounced AALDahN KEY. Alden's language of origin is Old English and it is predominantly used in English. Alden's meaning is 'old friend'. Two-element name derived from eald 'old' ; wine 'friend'. Older forms of the name include Aldwyn (Old English) and Ealdwine (Old English). The name was popular in the Middle Ages. Variations of the name include the English names Aldon, Aldwin, Elden, Eldin, and Eldwin. Another form of Alden is the English spelling variant Aldin. Alden is an all-time favorite. At present it is still a somewhat popular baby name for boys, though to a lesser extent than it was previously. At the modest height of its usage in 1911, 0.019% of baby boys were named Alden. It ranked at #426 then. The baby name has since steeply dropped in popularity, and in recent times it is of only sporadic use. In 2008, it ranked at #916 with a usage of 0.010%, but it was nevertheless the most regularly used within all boy names in its group. Baby names that sound like Alden include the English Aldon, the English Aldin, the English Aldwin, the English Alten, the English Altin, the English Alton, the Irish Ultan, the Arabic Alaaddin, the English Aladdin, the German Aladin, and the Spanish Aladino. KEY: Pronunciation for Alden: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
