Ovenden
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the dative form of the Old English personal name Ofa + denu (“valley”).
Proper noun[edit]
Ovenden (countable and uncountable, plural Ovendens)
- A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0727).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ovenden is the 4307th most common surname in England, belonging to 1725 individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ovenden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears