Given name
Yarden
“of the down-flowing river”
Yarden is a variant of Yardan. In Arabic use, Yardan carries the interpretation “of the down-flowing river.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yarden is a variant of Yardan. In Arabic use, Yardan carries the interpretation “of the down-flowing river.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yarden connects to the Jordan name family through Yardan. An origin associated with Jordan is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yarden through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 239
- 103 boys · 136 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #11,936 for boys · #17,175 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,936 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2010. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 365 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yarden’s family of names
In English usage, Yarden shares an earlier linguistic root with Jordan. Yarden has a related form in Yardan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yarden
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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