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Aldon Name Meaning & Historical Trends

Aldon

Pronunciation: AL-dun

Meaning Old friend Gender Boy
BOYS RANK
#6,160
TREND
1,111
Peak Years
1929, 2013, 1919
Lowest Years
1908, 1974, 1977
Energy Archetype
Powerful & Complete

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of boys named Aldon in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Aldon

  • More than 1 thousand babies named Aldon: U.S. records list 1,618 babies given the name Aldon from 1880 through 2025.

What Does the Name Aldon Mean?

Aldon is an English name meaning "old friend," usually treated as a variant of Alden. Alden derives from the Old English personal name Ealdwine, a compound of eald "old" and wine "friend." The form Aldon is an English spelling variant rather than a separate Old English name; the second element keeps the sense "friend," while the ending is written -don. The literal translation is "old friend," not a claim about a person's character.

Aldon Name History & Origins

The root name Ealdwine belongs to Old English naming practice, in which two ordinary words were combined as a personal name. Eald meant "old" and wine meant "friend"; the compound later survived chiefly as the surname Alden. From that surname came the English given name Alden. Aldon is a variant spelling of the given name, with the final syllable written -don instead of -den. It remains uncommon, and its history is tied to Alden rather than to a separate medieval figure or place.

How Popular is the Name Aldon?

Aldon has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1929. Its best rank was #1,219 in 1908.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Aldon Shapes Your Personality and Life?

Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.

You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.

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