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What does Walden mean?
Walden 
as a boys' name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Walden is "wooded valley". Place name. Also possibly a variant of Old German names with Wald-, such as Walter. Literary: Thoreau's book and the pond "Walden". Also form of Waldo.
STARTS WITH Wa-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, valley, old, pond (meadow)
Variations
VARIANTS Waldenn, Waldi, Waldon
RELATIONS VIA WALTER Valter, Walder, Wally, Walt, Walther
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Walden Westyn (W.W.), ..
How popular is Walden?
Walden is an unusual first name for men but a very prominent last name for all people (#1343 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Walden entered the list in 1920-1929 and reached its highest rank of #1870 in the U.S. in the 1920s, but is not in the list at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Walden are Walter (#271 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Valter, Waldo, Waldon, Wally and Walt. These relations of Walden were favored as birth names in the 1880s (USAGE OF 1.67%) and are now significantly less common (USAGE 0.07%, ▼96%).
Similar Names
Walden is pronounced similarly to Aldan, Alden▲, Aldin, Aldon, Elden▼, Eldin, Eldon▼, Welden, Weldon▼ and Welldon. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Balder, Barden, Belden, Caden, Caiden▲, Calder, Carden, Cayden, Colden, Dalen, Dallen, Dalten, Eaden, Galen▼, Galten, Galven, Haden▼, Haldan, Halen, Hallen, Halten (see Halton), Harden, Hayden, Holden▲, Jaden▼, Jaeden▼, Jaiden, Jalen▼, Jayden, Kaden, Kaeden, Kaiden▲, Kalen, Kamden▲, Kayden▲, Kelden, Landen, Malden, Maldon, Mallen, Marden, Melden, Paden, Raiden▲, Selden, Talen▼, Tallen, Tilden, Valen, Vallen, Varden, Wald, Waldron, Walker▲, Waller, Walton▼, Walwin, Warde, Warden, Warren▼, Wayde, Waylen, Welton, Wilde and Wilder▲. These names tend to be more frequently used than Walden.
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