Given name & surname
Aldin
“an old friend”
Aldin is a variant of Alden. One English interpretation is “an old friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aldin is a variant of Alden. One English interpretation is “an old friend.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aldin is a variant of Alden. An origin associated with Alden is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aldin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 721
- 721 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,274 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,274 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 42 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 942 as a first name in 2020; 146 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aldin
- Aldin Turkešassociation football playerborn 1996
- Aldin ĐidićBosnia and Herzegovina footballerborn 1983
- Aldin ČajićBosnian footballer (born 1992)
- Aldin SkenderovićLuxembourgian-Montenegrin association football playerborn 1997
- Al' DinoBosnia and Herzegovina singerborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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