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[Facts] Auden and Aniston
Does anyone know the meanings of these names, or any background info (besides the fact that Auden was Wystan Hugh Auden's last name)?T.I.A.
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My friend's daughter has a boy called Auden; don't know meaning but I believe it's Old English. I first thought he was named after W H Auden, the writer and novelist but he wasn't. Sorry can't help with Aniston, other than it's the famouse Jennifer's surname! Good luck with the research though.
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Auden is an English surname, a variation of Alden, which goes back to either the Anglo-Scandinavian name Healfdene or the Old English name Ealdwine, according to Reaney & Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames.Aniston is a modern American surname created by either the grandfather or father (reports vary) of the actress Jennifer Aniston as an "Americanization" of the Greek surname Anastassakis. It was a spelling alteration of Anniston, the name of a city in Alabama. That city was founded in the 19th century and named after a woman called Annie, so its meaning, if any, is "Annie's town."
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(more on Anastassakis)Spot-on, Professor!
As for the meaning of Anastassakis, it isd "little Anastasius"
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Thanks to all of you.
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