Given name & surname
Alten
“from the old town”
Alten is a variant of Alton. One English interpretation is “from the old town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alten is a variant of Alton. One English interpretation is “from the old town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alten is a variant of Alton. An origin associated with Alton is Old English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Alten is a variant of Alton. The history of Alton gives this family its wider story. Alton’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Alten through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 5 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 5 in 1939. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 398 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.
Alten’s family of names
Alten has a related form in Alton. In Greek usage, Alten as a surname is a transliteration of Άλτεν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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