Auden: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “old friend”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- AW-dun · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Both (34% girls, 66% boys since 1880)
Auden comes from an English surname, probably from the Old English personal name Ealdwine. The poet W. H. Auden is a notable bearer of the surname.
How popular is Auden?
Babies named Auden in 2024155
2024 rank#1,896 boys
Peak year2020
Total US babies since 18802,730
Auden is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Auden
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Auden questions
What does the name Auden mean?
Auden means "old friend". It comes from English. Auden comes from an English surname, probably from the Old English personal name Ealdwine. The poet W. H. Auden is a notable bearer of the surname.
Is Auden a boy or girl name?
Auden is used for both: about 34% of US babies named Auden since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Auden?
155 US babies were named Auden in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.
How do you pronounce Auden?
Auden is usually pronounced AW-dun.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.