Last name: ELDON
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ELDON : This last name is indexed 7,775 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
ELDON : English:: 1: habitational name from Helmington (Hall) in Saint Andrew Aukland (Durham) from Old English helming (helm ‘helmet’ + -ing denoting association or resemblance to a helmet) + denu ‘valley’ with the loss of initial H- and later the loss of -m-. There is currently no evidence that the surname also derived from Eldon (Durham) though it remains a theoretical possibility and there may be additional unidentified sources.2: habitational name from Upper Eldon in Hampshire from the Old English personal name Ella or perhaps elle ‘elder’ + Old English dūn ‘hill’ or denu ‘valley’.3: variant of Elden or Eldin (for which see Elden 4).
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