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Aldyn

Gender
Boy
Say it
AWL-din
Origin
English

Aldyn is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “old friend”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Aldyn mean?

English: variant of Alden, from Old English Ealdwine

“old friend”

Respelling of Alden, an English surname from the Old English name Ealdwine.

Is Aldyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Aldyn is a boys' name.

How popular is Aldyn in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.

Half of all the boys named Aldyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1998Busiest: 11 in 20112018
Aldyn in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20187#9,664
20170–
201610#7,600
20150–
20145#12,102
20138#8,784
20128#8,858
201111#7,002
20107#9,686
20095#12,486
20080–
20079#8,169
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19985#9,623

Names like Aldyn

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Aldyn

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Aldyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aldyn, updated 20 October 2026.