Aden History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Aden family

The surname Aden was first found in Dorset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Aden family

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Aden Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Aden family name include Audyn, Adeyn, Audin, Aden, Adeyne, Auden, Adden, Addeyne, Auddyn and many more.

Early Notables of the Aden family

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Aden Ranking

In the United States, the name Aden is the 15,003^rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Aden migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Aden surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Aden Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Luke Aden, who arrived in Virginia in 1623 2
Luke Aden, who arrived in Virginia in 1637 2
Hugh Aden, who arrived in Virginia in 1645 2
Hugh Aden, who landed in Virginia in 1652 2

Aden Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Maernme Aden, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1839 2
Isaac Aden, who arrived in Texas in 1850 2
Jac Aden, who arrived in Texas in 1850 2
Carl H. Aden, aged 26, who landed in America, in 1894
Altje Aden, aged 15, who landed in America from Ost. Grossefehn, in 1898
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Aden Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Ali Aden, aged 19, who immigrated to America from Genoa, in 1920
A. Aden, aged 35, who landed in America, in 1921

Contemporary Notables of the name Aden (post 1700) +

Holger Aden (b. 1965), retired German football forward
John Aden Gillett (b. 1958), British actor
Aden Tutton (b. 1984), Australian netball player who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Aden Clary, American politician, Mayor of Frostburg, Maryland, 1874-75 3
Aden Derek Ridgeway (b. 1962), Australian politician and member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales, from 1999 to 2005
Aden Derek Ridgeway (b. 1962), Australian politician and member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales, from 1999 to 2005
Aden Knoph, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1896 (alternate), 1912 4

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html