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Around the world, Холден (Holden , Haldan , Холден ) is quite a rare male given name. The first name Холден is characteristic of Cuba, where it is quite a rare masculine name, the United States, where it is a rare male name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Philippines. More frequently, Холден is the last name as well as the forename.
Холден is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Holden Caulfield , the iconic anti-hero rebel created by J. D. Salinger in his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye; Holden Carver ; Haldan , the Middle-earth character, The Silmarillion; Holden McNeil , the fictive figure from Kevin Smith's jersey movies and Holden Snyder , the soap opera character, As the World Turns, among other works.