Given name & surname
Halden
“a man who is half- Dane”
Halden is used as a given name and a surname. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a man who is half- Dane.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “a man who is half- Dane.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Halden through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 244
- 244 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,861 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +24%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,861 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 291 as a first name in 2020; 207 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.
Halden’s family of names
Halden has a related form in Halda. Halden has a related form in Haldaen. Halden has a related form in Haldaene.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Halldenlikely variant
- Haldaenvariant
- Haldaynvariant
- Haldaenevariant
- Haldaynevariant
- Halvdenvariant
- Halfdenvariant
- Halvdanvariant
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