Last name origins & meanings:
- Apparently of English origin, but of unexplained etymology.
- Swedish (Vadén): probably an ornamental name from the place-name element vad-
‘ford’ + the adjectival suffix -én, from Latin
-enius.
- The earliest recorded bearer of this name in North America is Henry
Vaden (1663–1729), of Chesterfield Co., VA.
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