Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Waldron isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Waldron through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 198
- 198 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 13 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 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 132 as a first name in 2020; 16,809 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.
Waldron’s family of names
In English usage, Waldron as a surname has a related form in WALDREN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Waldron, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Walton
“from the walled town; from the stream town”
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Weldon
“from the hill near a spring”
>99% boys
Wilton
“from the town on the river”
>99% boys
Anton
“a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family”
>99% boys
Wellington
“estate”
>99% boys
Willard
“a resolute and brave man”
>99% boys
Wilson
“the son of William”
99% boys · 1% girls
Albin
“from the white hill white-” · “from the white hill; whiteskinned”
>99% boys