Elden Family History
Elden Name Meaning
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm so named from a river name derived from Old Norse eldr ‘flame fire’ possibly with ironic reference to the icy coldness of the water. English: habitational name from Elveden (Suffolk) from Old English elf ‘elf’ + denu ‘valley’. English: perhaps a variant of Eldon . English: variant of Eldin a nickname from Middle English eld ‘old’ + hine ‘servant’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022