Arden - Meaning of Arden

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Arden

[ 2 syll. ar-den, ard-en ] The baby boy name Arden is pronounced as AARDehN †. Arden is largely used in the English language and it is derived from Latin origins. The name's meaning is great forest.

The name Arden is widely used; it has 27 variant transcriptions. Variation transcriptions include Ardan, Arddun, Ardee, Ardeen, Ardeena, Ardena, Ardene, Ardenia, Ardent, Ardey, Ardi, Ardian, Ardin, Ardina, Ardine, Ardis, Ardon, Arduino, Ardy, Ardyn, Arrdan, Arrden, Arrdin, and Arrdyn. The contraction Ard, and the diminutive forms Arda and Ardie are other English variants.

See also the related categories, forest (wood), english, and latin.

Arden is an uncommon baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1934, 0.014% of baby boys were given the name Arden. It ranked at #466 then. The baby name has since steeply declined in popularity, and is now of irregular use. Within all boy names in its group, Arden was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2018. Arden has also been used as a girl name.

Baby names that sound like Arden include Arddun, Ardeen, Ardene, Ardin, Ardon, Ardyn, Artan, Artemi, Artyn, Autumn, Ordwenn, Ordwenne, Ordwin, Ordwine, Ordwinn, Ordwinne, Ordwyn, Ordwynn, Ordwynne, and Ortin.

† Pronunciation for Arden: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"