Arden is an English surname of locational origin. It is derived from three places thus called in the United Kingdom: in Yorkshire North Riding, Cheshire, or the Forest of Arden in Warwickshire.
Notable people with the name include:
Alice Arden
Bruce Arden, American computer scientist
Cecil Arden (1894–1989), American opera singer (mezzo-soprano/contralto)
Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, British colonial administrator
Dale Arden, fictional character
David M. Arden (born 1949), American classical pianist
Don Arden, English music manager, agent, and businessman
Donn Arden, Las Vegas choreographer
Edward Arden, head of the Arden family executed in 1583
Edwin Hunter Pendleton Arden, American actor, theatre manager, and playwright
Elizabeth Arden, businesswoman in the cosmetics industry
Eve Arden, US actress
Jane Arden (disambiguation), several people
Jane Arden (comics), syndicated newspaper comic strip
Jann Arden, Canadian singer/songwriter
John Arden, English playwright
Mark Arden, British comedian and actor
Mary Arden, mother of William Shakespeare
Mary Arden (actress), US actress
Mary Arden (judge), British judge
Michael Arden, American stage actor, singer, and composer
Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley
Roy Arden, Canadian photographer
Tom Arden, Australian author
Toni Arden, US singer
William Arden, one of the pseudonyms of the American author Dennis Lynds (1924–2005)
