The baby name Duden is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈduːdən/ (DOO-den).
Duden is German in Origin.
The baby name Duden is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈduːdən/ (DOO-den).
Duden is German in Origin.
Duden traces to a medieval Germanic root: it developed from Dudo (Latin Dudon/Dudonis), a short form of names built on the Old High German element theod-/diet- “people, nation.” As a result, Duden carries the sense “of the people” or “belonging to the folk.” The name later stabilized as a surname in Low German and Dutch areas (with -en functioning as a patronymic ending), and is widely recognized through the lexicographer Konrad Duden and the eponymous German dictionary. As a given name, Duden is rare but has seen occasional modern, surname-style use.
Variants and related forms include Dudo, Dudon, and cognates tied to the theod-/diet- family such as Theo, Thede, and Dieter; Duda is a Slavic surname/given name of different origin. In Turkish, Düden denotes a karst sinkhole or waterfall (cf. Antalya’s Düden Şelalesi) and has sporadically inspired the given-name spelling Düden.
Duden is about as rare as a name gets. We hold just 5 recorded uses of it, from 3 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,689 | 3 | 28,008 |
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