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Howden (surname)

Variants:Haldane (S)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

1. Scottish, from a placename near Kelso in the Borders, probably Old English meaning "nook".

2. English from a placename in East Yorkshire, meaning "head of the valley".
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