Aldén
surname · Latin script
Aldén is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Old English Ealdwine, from eald (“old”) + wine (“friend”); equivalent to Alwin. In some cases a variant of Haldane.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 25K
- CACanada≈1 in 45K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 387 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
13,184 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Alden in US United States, PH Philippines, GB United Kingdom and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Old English Ealdwine, from eald (“old”) + wine (“friend”); equivalent to Alwin. In some cases a variant of Haldane.
Sources 5
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aldén counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 13,184 | 1 in 25K | 12K | Alden | 387 |
| PH Philippines | ≈8,700 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Alden | 72 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 57K | listed | Alden | 144 |
| CA Canada | ≈840 est. | ≈1 in 45K | 5 | Alden | 100 |
| IT Italy | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 104K | 2 | Alden | 16 |
| SG Singapore | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Alden | 36 |
| XK Kosovo | ≈46 est. | ≈1 in 42K | 53 | — | 1 |
| GY Guyana | 31 | 1 in 24K | 31 | — | 2 |
13,184 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gustaf Aldénb. 1852SESwedish editor (1852-1927)
- Olle Aldénb. 1919SESwedish politician (1919-2006)
- Rebecka Edgren Aldénb. 1972SESwedish journalist and author
- Sonja Aldénb. 1977SESwedish singer
- Sebastian Aldénb. 1985SEMotorcycle speedway rider
- Malin Ekman AldénSwedish government official
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Aldén mean, and where does it come from?
- Old English Ealdwine, from eald (“old”) + wine (“friend”); equivalent to Alwin. In some cases a variant of Haldane. Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames and A dictionary of surnames and 3 other sources.
- In which country does Aldén have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Aldén, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alden.
- How common is the name Aldén?
- In the United States, the national register counted 13,184 people named Aldén in 2020, about 1 in 25 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ald%C3%A9nThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aldén”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.