Arden (name)

Arden is a unisex given name and an English surname of locational origin. It is derived from three places thus called in the United Kingdom: in Yorkshire North Riding, Cheshire, or the Forest of Arden in Warwickshire.^[1]

Given name

• Arden L. Bement Jr. (born 1932), American engineer and scientist
• Arden Cho (born 1985), American actress, singer, and model
• Arden Eddie (born 1947), Iron Man player, team owner and manager
• Arden Hayes (born 2008), American child prodigy
• Arden Haynes, Canadian businessman
• Arden Hilliard (1904-1976), member of the Hypocrites' Club at Oxford University
• Arden Key (born 1996), American football player
• Arden Maddison (1900-1987), English footballer
• Arden Mounts, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
• Arden Myrin (born 1973), American actress and comedian
• Arden Rose, actress, author, and internet personality
• Arden "Freddie" Sessler (1923-2000), brother of Siegi Sessler
• Arden R. Smith (born 1966), member of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship

Surname

• Alice Arden
• Annabel Arden (born 1959), British actress, theatre and opera director
• Bruce Arden, American computer scientist
• Cecil Arden (1894–1989), American opera singer
• Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, British colonial administrator
• Dale Arden, fictional character
• David M. Arden (born 1949), American classical pianist
• Don Arden, English music manager, agent, and businessman
• Donn Arden, American choreographer
• Edward Arden, head of the Arden family, executed in 1583
• Edwin Hunter Pendleton Arden, American actor, theatre manager, and playwright
• Elizabeth Arden, American cosmetics businesswoman, the founder of a cosmetics company of the same name
• Eve Arden, American actress
• Jane Arden (disambiguation), several people
• Jane Arden (comics), syndicated newspaper comic strip
• Jann Arden, Canadian singer/songwriter
• John Arden, English playwright
• Mark Arden, British comedian and actor
• Mary Arden, mother of William Shakespeare
• Mary Arden (actress), US actress
• Mary Arden (judge), British judge
• Michael Arden, American stage actor, singer, and composer
• Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley
• Roy Arden, Canadian photographer
• Tom Arden, Australian author
• Toni Arden, American singer
• William Arden, pseudonyms of the American author Dennis Lynds (1924–2005)

Organizations

• Arden International, a multiple formula racing team created and run by Garry Horner
• Arden Theatre Company (Philadelphia), a full-service professional regional theatre in Philadelphia
• Arden Theatre Company (Stockton-on-Tees), a regional theatre company located in Stockton-on-Tees, England
• Arden University, a private university located in the United Kingdom

Places

• Arden Valley Road, located in Southfields, New York

Other uses

• Arden of Faversham, an Elizabethan play

References