Barden Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Barden is a branch of the Bearden name tree. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Woodland valley”. Without the “e” of Bearden, Barden is a simpler written form of the same name. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Beardin.

About 5,755 people in the United States were recorded as Barden in 2010, placing it 5,978 on the national list. It sits within the 10,000 most common last names in the country.

There is no single Barden family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Barden report, with a museum-style coat of arms.