does any one know where the name eldon comes from?

Answer 1

variation of elton ,spoken with bunged up sinuses.

Answer 2

Of Old Age

From a surname which was from a place name meaning "Ella's hill" in Old English.

The old servant

The boy's name Eldon \e-ldon, el-don\ is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "sacred hill". Place name. First used in the 19th century.

From the elves'valley From the old town. Surname.

from the elves' valley

This place near Bishop Auckland means the hill or don belonging to a Saxon called Elle or Aelle. Eldon Square in Newcastle takes its name from Lord Eldon, who was lord of these parts in the nineteenth century

Answer 3

I have seen many different meaning so take what you like from this answer. Here are a couple of them.

From babynamecorner.com - Eldon: English - From the elves'valley. From the old town. Surname.

From www.zelo.com/firstnames/findresults.asp?name=ELDON we get "of old age"

From babysnames.com, we get "the old servant"

From thinkbabynames, we have this: The boy's name Eldon \e-ldon, el-don\ is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "sacred hill". Place name. First used in the 19th century.

Answer 4

Eldon was my dad's name. It is of German descent and means "Of Old Age".

Answer 5

The origin is English and it means humanitarian.