Aden
Aden is usually a name taken from a place name or from a personal name like Adan/Adam, depending on the family line.
The #7,110 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 65,621 Americans shares it.
Etymology
The surname Aden has more than one plausible origin. In some cases it appears to be locational, from a place name or estate name such as Aden in Aberdeenshire. In other cases it may reflect a shortened or variant medieval personal name, with forms such as Adan or Aden used where Adam would later be more common. German and Dutch naming material also shows Aden as a given-name based surname, linked to old personal names like Ado or Adda.
History
The excerpts point to both Scottish place-based use and Continental personal-name use, so the surname likely arose independently in more than one region. It is documented as a family or estate designation in Aberdeenshire, while Germanic surname collections also record Aden as a personal-name surname. Because these lines of origin are different, modern bearers of the surname may not share a single ancestor.
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Fun fact
Old French and medieval records sometimes wrote the name as Adan or Aden where later English would more often use Adam.
From the historical record
“UAPP Mapl«aden. Uapeladao.— Local, 'of Maplesden,' a locality to be found somewhere in co. Kent. William de Mappleiden, eo. Kent.”
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with special American instances