English: habitational name from a place in Derbyshire named
Wheeldon, from Old English hweol ‘wheel’ (referring perhaps
to a rounded shape) + dun ‘hill’, or from Whielden in
Buckinghamshire, which is named with hweol + denu
‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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