Playden
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Playdon
Etymology
From Old English plega (“game”) + dene (“valley”)
Proper noun
Playden (countable and uncountable, plural Playdens)
- A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ955226).
- A habitational surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Playden is the 290718th most common surname in England, belonging to 4 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Playden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN