Given name & surname
Welden
“from the hill near a spring”
Welden is a variant of Weldon. One English interpretation is “from the hill near a spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Welden is a variant of Weldon. One English interpretation is “from the hill near a spring.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Welden is a variant of Weldon. An origin associated with Weldon is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Welden through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 98
- 98 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 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 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 117 as a first name in 2020; 1,234 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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