Hendon Family History
Hendon Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or more places so named such as Hendon (Middlesex) Henden in Sundridge Handen in Aldington a lost Henden in Woodchurch (all Kent) a lost Hendon in Hellingly (Sussex) and Hendon in Luffincott (Devon). There is also a place of this name in Durham but this is probably not a source of the modern surname. The Kent and Sussex placenames derive from Old English hēan dative form of hēah ‘high’ + denn ‘pasture’ while the other placenames come from Old English hēan + dūn ‘hill’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022