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ELDER

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There are approximately 6,207 people named Elder in the UK. That makes it the 1,694th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 98 are named Elder.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic
Nickname

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The Elder surname in historical dictionaries

ELD. ELDE. ELDER. I think these names must be taken literally as relating to the advanced age of tlie original bearer, (A-Sax. ealil) especially as we have the correlatives Young and Younger.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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