Marsden
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Masden
Etymology
From Old English mearc (“mark, sign; boundary”) + -s- + denu (“valley”).
Proper noun
Marsden (countable and uncountable, plural Marsdens)
- A suburb of Brisbane in Logan, Queensland, Australia.
- A village in the Rural Municipality of Manitou Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3965). [1]
- A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0411). [2]
- A ghost town and former gold mining settlement in Grey district, West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Marsden is the 7096th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4718 individuals. Marsden is most common among White (91.08%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marsden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 522.