Bladen Family History
Bladen Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Bladon in Oxfordshire Bladon in Derbyshire or Blaydon in Tyne and Wear (formerly in County Durham). The first takes its name from a pre-English name (of uncertain origin and meaning) of the Evenlode river; the second is named with Old English blāw ‘cold’ + Old English dūn ‘hill’; the third is named with Old Norse blár ‘cold’ + Old English dūn ‘hill’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022