Given name
Aldyn
“an old friend”
Aldyn is a variant of Alden. One English interpretation is “an old friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aldyn is a variant of Alden. One English interpretation is “an old friend.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aldyn 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 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aldyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 106
- 75 boys · 31 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 216 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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