Hayden surname meaning

Hayden has two well-supported origins. In Ireland it is a shortened Anglicization of Gaelic Ó hÉideáin or Ó hÉidín, “descendant of Éideán/Éidín,” personal names apparently from a diminutive of éideadh, “clothes” or “armor.” In England it is habitational from Haydon, Heydon, or Hayden places, usually Old English hēg (“hay”) or (ge)hæg (“enclosure”) plus dūn (“hill”), with a Cambridgeshire Heydon using denu, “valley.” A Norman family bearing the English name also settled in County Wexford. Parent’s name follows DAFN’s Irish-first listing. Confidence is disputed because the English place-name stream is equally established under the same spelling.