Boy · Old English
Eldon
Say it: EL-dun
Meaning
From an English surname and place name (Eldon, County Durham), from an Old English personal name Ella + dun 'hill'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
An American given name mostly of the 1890s to 1940s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1920s
In the United States
- 25,844 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 1926, about 1 in 1,700 boys
- 60 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Elden
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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