Adden
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Adden by the numbers
Adden was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Adden
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adden. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aidenlittle fire11,301 in the US (2017)
- Aydenlittle fire; a modern respelling of Aiden3,979 in the US (2017)
- Adenparadise or garden594 in the US (2017)
- Aldenold friend; from ald and wine425 in the US (2017)
- Ardeneagle valley; a place name346 in the US (2017)
- Audenold friend; from Ealdwine146 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Adden
Names that are said the same way as Adden, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aidanlittle fire1,738 in the US (2017)
- Adanman; variant of Adam745 in the US (2017)
- Aydinintelligent; enlightened; bright83 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aydansmall fire; a variant of Aidan178 in the US (2017)
- Aidynlittle fire; a modern respelling of Aidan172 in the US (2017)
- Adinvoluptuous or delicate87 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Adden
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