# Alden

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #23,163

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname.

## Etymology
From Old English Ealdwine, from eald (“old”) + wine (“friend”); equivalent to Alwin. In some cases a variant of Haldane.

## Easily confused with
- **ale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-ale)
- **Alex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-alex)
- **amen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-amen)
- **Alec** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-alec)
- **Aldo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-aldo)
- **aloe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-aloe)
- **ales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-ales)
- **aren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-aren)
- **Alon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-alon)
- **Alun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-alun)
- **Allen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-allen)
- **alien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-alien)
- **alter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-alter)
- **alley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-alley)
- **Allan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-allan)
- **align** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-align)
- **aspen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-aspen)
- **Alvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-alvin)
- **Alton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-alton)
- **Andes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alden-vs-andes)

## Common misspellings (6)
`adlen`, `aldden`, `aldenn`, `aldne`, `aledn`, `allden`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/alden