Giden

surname · Latin script

Meaning: present participle of gitmek (“going, outgoing”)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡiden/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Giden is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.9M(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 2.2M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

173 people, 2010

Sources
107 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.9M (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

present participle of gitmek (“going, outgoing”)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Giden 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.

Where Giden is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1731 in 1.9M194Giden107
NL Netherlands81 in 2.2M8Giden2
DE Germany———Giden17
CA Canada———Giden4
GB United Kingdom———Giden11
AT Austria———Giden7
SE Sweden———Giden2

173 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Giden is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Türkiye, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gidén

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Gidén

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Gidén

  • Amharic name3 spellings in the group

    Also written ጊደን, ግዴን

  • Swedish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden

    Also written Gidén

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Giden
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020194#99,694
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010173#103,655
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000154#107,038
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20078#67,015
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Giden mean, and where does it come from?
present participle of gitmek (“going, outgoing”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Giden?
A machine transcription gives /ɡiden/ (IPA) for Turkish.
In which country does Giden have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 173 people named Giden, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled giden.
Where is Giden most common?
Giden is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.9 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Giden?
In the United States, the national register counted 173 people named Giden in 2010, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.

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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, “Giden”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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