Hebden, Hebdon, Hibdon, Ebden, and Ebdon are names all thought to be derived from one of several place names in West Yorkshire, coming from the Old English "heope", or "(rose) hip", and "denu", which meant "valley". The family motto is re e merito ("this through merit").
Less common variations are Heberden, Hepden, Habdon, and Hibden.
Note that some Ebdens and Ebdons are not originally from West Yorkshire [1] but are instead related to the Abdens and Abdons of Somerset and Shropshire. In these cases the name means "abbey farm".
Matthew Ebden (born 1987), Australian tennis player
John Hebden (1712–1765), a British composer
Kieran Hebden, a British musician performing as Four Tet
Thomas Ebdon (1738–1811), a British composer
Malcolm Hebden (born 1940), a British actor
Mark Hebden (born 1958), a British chess grandmaster
Richard Hebden O'Grady Haly (1841–1911), a commander of British forces in Canada
Shula Hebden Lloyd, and her first husband Mark Hebden, were fictitious characters on the radio show The Archers
John Bardwell Ebden (1787–1873), merchant, banker, politician, Cape Colony, South Africa (son of John Bardwell Ebden)
Ebden Scholar, graduate of the University of the Cape of Good Hope
Peter Ebdon (born 1970), an English professional snooker player
William Heberden, one of the most eminent British physicians of the 18th century
