# Arden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/arden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,167 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,933 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 142,476 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (2,078 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Derived from the Brythonic ardu meaning "high"

## Who carries it

Share of people named Arden in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Arden in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Arden

- Eve Arden, American actress (1908–1990)
- Michael Arden, American actor
- Daphne Arden, British athlete and sprinter
- Katherine Arden, American novelist
- Sharon Osbourne, British-American television personality

## Similar surnames

Ardoin, Ardon, Arredondo, Artman, Arutyunyan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.