Alden

English
"old, wise friend"

Alden Origin and Meaning

The name Alden is a boy's name of English origin meaning "old, wise friend".

Hot young actor Alden Ehrenreich, the new Han Solo, gives this formerly-stodgy surname name an attractive new image, making it a fresh successor to Aiden or Holden. Before it got this fresh shine, Alden was among the classic Thanksgiving baby names.

# 634 in the US

Alden Rank in US Top 1000

# 151 on Nameberry

Alden Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Alden Popularity

Famous People Named Alden

  • Alden Caleb Ehrenreich
    American actor
  • Alden Winship "Tom" Clausen
    American former president of the World Bank
  • Alden McNee McLaughlin
    Premier of the Cayman Islands
  • Alden Carter
    American novelist
  • Alden B. Dow
    American architect
  • Alden Richards
    stage name of Richard Reyes Faulkerson, Jr., Filipino actor and TV personality of duo AlDub
  • Alden Jenks
    American composer
  • Alden G. Barber
    5th Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America
  • Alden Carlson Mason
    American painter
  • Alden Albert Nowlan
    Canadian poet
  • Alden John Bell
    Bishop of Sacramento, California
  • Alden Partridge
    American military education pioneer
  • Alden Presley Osborn (b. 2019)
    son of actress Angelique Cabral

Alden in Pop Culture

  • Alden Jones
    character on animated series "Braceface"
  • Alden Pyle
    character in film "The Quiet American"
  • Alden Vacker
    character in Shannon Messenger's series "Keeper of the Lost Cities"
  • Kieran Alden
    character in the "Sky Chasers" book series by Amy Kathleen Ryan
  • Rev. Robert Alden
    Church Minister in Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" series