Names Categorized "ends in -den"

Aden m English (Modern)
Variant of Aidan.

Aiden m English (Modern)
Variant of Aidan.

Alden m English
From a surname that was derived from the Old English given name Ealdwine.

Arden m & f English
From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, which were derived from a Celtic word meaning "high".

Ayden m English (Modern)
Variant of Aidan.

Beauden m English (New Zealand, Modern)
Elaboration of French beau "beautiful" using the popular phonetic suffix den, found in such names as Hayden and Aidan. This name has become popular in New Zealand due to rugby player Beauden Barrett (1991-).

Braden m English
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Bradáin, which was in turn derived from the byname Bradán. Like other similar-sounding names such as Hayden and Aidan, it and its variant Brayden became popular in America at the end of the 20th century.

Braeden m English (Modern)
Variant of Braden.

Braiden m English (Modern)
Variant of Braden.

Branden m English
Variant of Brandon.

Brayden m English (Modern)
Variant of Braden. This is currently the more popular spelling of the name.

Brenden m English
Variant of Brendan.

Caden m English (Modern)
Sometimes explained as deriving from the Irish surname Caden, which is an Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Cadáin, itself from the given name Cadán (of unknown meaning). In actuality, the popularity of this name in America beginning in the 1990s is due to its sound — it shares its fashionable den suffix sound with other trendy names like Hayden, Aidan and Braden.

Caiden m English (Modern)
Variant of Caden.

Camden m English (Modern)
From an English surname that was derived from a place name, perhaps meaning "enclosed valley" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the English historian William Camden (1551-1623).

Cayden m English (Modern)
Variant of Caden.

Darden m English (Rare)
From an English surname of unknown meaning, possibly from a place name.

Den m English
Short form of Dennis.

Eden f & m Hebrew, English (Modern), French (Modern)
From the biblical place name, itself possibly from Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿeḏen) meaning "pleasure, delight", or perhaps derived from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin) meaning "plain". According to the Old Testament the Garden of Eden was the place where the first people, Adam and Eve, lived before they were expelled.

Gorden m English
Variant of Gordon.

Hayden m & f English
From an English surname that was derived from place names meaning either "hay valley" or "hay hill", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley" or dun "hill". Its popularity at the end of the 20th century was due to the sound it shared with other trendy names of the time, such as Braden and Aidan.

Holden m English (Modern)
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "deep valley" in Old English. This is the name of the main character in J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), Holden Caulfield.

Jaden m & f English (Modern)
An invented name, using the popular den suffix sound found in such names as Braden, Hayden and Aidan. This name first became common in America in the 1990s when similar-sounding names were increasing in popularity. The spelling Jayden has been more popular since 2003. It is sometimes considered a variant of the biblical name Jadon.

Jaiden m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Jaden.

Jayden m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Jaden. This spelling continued to rapidly rise in popularity in the United States past 2003, unlike Jaden, which stalled. It peaked at the fourth rank for boys in 2010, showing tremendous growth over only two decades. It has since declined.

Kaden m English (Modern)
Variant of Caden.

Kaeden m English (Modern)
Variant of Caden.

Kaiden m English (Modern)
Variant of Caden.

Kamden m English (Modern)
Variant of Camden.

Kayden m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Caden.

Landen m English (Modern)
Variant of Landon.

Linden m & f English
From a German and Dutch surname that was derived from Old High German linta meaning "linden tree".

Oden m Norse Mythology
Swedish form of Odin.

Ogden m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "oak valley" in Old English. A famous bearer was the humorous American poet Ogden Nash (1902-1971).

Paden m English (Rare)
From a surname, itself probably a derivative of the given name Pate, a short form of Patrick. It was an obscure given name in America until 1985, when it appeared in the western movie Silverado. Its modest usage after that can probably be attributed to the fact that it ends in the popular den sound found in more-popular names such as Braden, Hayden and Aidan.

Raiden m Japanese Mythology
From Japanese 雷 (rai) meaning "thunder" and 電 (den) meaning "lightning". This is a regional epithet of the Japanese god Raijin.

Rearden m English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, a variant of Riordan.

Zaiden m English (Modern)
Variant of Zayden.

Zayden m English (Modern)
An invented name, using the popular den suffix sound found in such names as Braden, Hayden, Jayden and Aidan.