Playden

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Playdon

Etymology

From Old English plega (“game”) + dene (“valley”).

Proper noun

Playden (countable and uncountable, plural Playdens)

1. A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ955226).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Playden is the 290718^th most common surname in England, belonging to 4 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Playden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• endplay