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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BUDDEN

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. English: from a pet form the Old English personal name Budda.
2. German: possibly from a shortened form of a North German farm name such as Buddenbrock, Buddendiek, or Buddensiek, all containing the element budde(n) ‘morass’, ‘bog’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)