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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Alden m. A hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Old High German alt, Old English, Old Saxon, Old Frisian ald 'old'.

Scotland
Latin
1124 Alden (gen) ESC L
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Alden". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Alden.