"Alden" meaning in All languages combined

See Alden on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Old English Ealdwine, from eald (“old”) + wine (“friend”); equivalent to Alwin. In some cases a variant of Haldane. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|Ealdwine}} Old English Ealdwine, {{af|ang|eald|wine|nocat=1|t1=old|t2=friend}} eald (“old”) + wine (“friend”), {{m|en|Alwin}} Alwin, {{m|en|Haldane}} Haldane Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Alden
  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    Sense id: en-Alden-en-name-Xs1vzbdd Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Alden-en-name-yFneKgBc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Olden [surname]

Download JSON data for Alden meaning in All languages combined (1.8kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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