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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from Wolfenden, a place in the parish of Newchurch-in-Rossendale, Lancashire, apparently named from the Old English personal name Wulfhelm (composed of the elements wulf ‘wolf’ + helm ‘helmet’, ‘protection’) + Old English denu ‘valley’.

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