Given name & surname
Belden
“from the beautiful valley”
Belden is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the beautiful valley.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the beautiful valley.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Belden through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 35 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 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 1969. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 124 as a first name in 2020; 4,282 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.
Belden’s family of names
Belden has a related form in Beldan. Belden has a related form in Beldene. Belden has a related form in Beldin.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Beldonvariant
- Belldenevariant
- Beldenevariant
- Belldynvariant
- Belldinvariant
- Belldunvariant
- Belldonvariant
- Belldanvariant
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