Marsden

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Masden

Etymology

From Old English mearc (“mark, sign; boundary”) + -s- + denu (“valley”).

Proper noun

Marsden (countable and uncountable, plural Marsdens)

1. A suburb of Brisbane in Logan City, Queensland, Australia.
2. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
3. A suburb of the town of South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3965).
4. A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0411).
5. A ghost town and former gold mining settlement in Grey district, West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand.
6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• marsdenia

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Marsden is the 7096^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4718 individuals. Marsden is most common among White (91.08%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marsden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 522.

Anagrams

• Erdmans, Mardens, Menards, Ramsden, damners, manders, manreds, remands