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There are approximately 3,440 people named Dearden in the UK. That makes it the 2,935th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 54 are named Dearden.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Dearden surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local) A corruption of Du-er-den, as still pronounced by the natives of Lancashire, England, where branches of the family reside, and which signifies, "A thicket of wood in a valley." "Doir-den."

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

DEARDEN. Evidently local, perhaps from a place so called near Edenfield in Bury, CO. Lancaster. " The ancient and modern pronunciation of the name by the natJA'cs of Lancashire is Du-er-dcn," which Cowell, with fanciful ingenuity, interprets " a thicket of wood in a valley." See B.L.G. The Deardens of Eochdale Manor claim descent from Eh'as de Duerden, temp. Hen. YI., but so eai-ly as the thirteenth century the name of Durden, Durdent, or Duredent is variously applied to a certain kniglit Mho may have been a progenitor of the family.

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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