Given name & surname · also Old French
Biden
“button”
Biden is a surname from Old French (ultimately Germanic).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Biden goes back to Old French bouton, meaning “button.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Biden comes from Old French, and ultimately from Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Biden through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 11 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 11 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 237 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.
Biden’s family of names
In English usage, Biden as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Vietnamese form Bai-đơn. In English usage, Biden as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Lithuanian form Baidenas. In English usage, Biden as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Latvian form Baidens.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Biden has relatives in 27 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
26 related names in 27 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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