Where Does the Louden Surname Come From?

Ancestors listed as Louden are often found as Lowden a generation earlier. Name scholars give the meaning as “Someone who came from Loudoun (flame hill), in Ayrshire”.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Lowden and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

How the spelling arose

Spelled with “u” instead of “w”, Louden shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Loudon.

3,855 Americans were listed as Louden in the 2010 census. Want more than a summary? See the Louden family name pack.