Holdene Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Holdene belongs to the Holden family of names, which has English roots. The family name meaning is “Deep valley”, the same as for Holden.

Holdene coat of arms

Arms linked to Holden and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

A variant of Holden

The extra “e” in Holdene is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Holdener, Houlden and Holdin.

Get the complete Holdene report, with a museum-style coat of arms.