Dryden

Meanings

1. An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English.
2. A city in the Kenora District, Ontario, Canada; named for Canadian farmer and politician John Dryden.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A village in the town of Wilton, Franklin County, Maine.
5. A township and village therein, in Lapeer County, Michigan; named for poet John Dryden.
6. A ghost town in Missouri; named for state official Nathaniel Dryden.
7. A town and village therein, in Tompkins County, New York; named for poet John Dryden.
8. An unincorporated community in Josephine County, Oregon; named for poet John Dryden.
9. An unincorporated community in Terrell County, Texas; named for railroad engineer Eugene E. Dryden.
10. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lee County, Virginia; named for railroad official Captain Dryden.
11. An unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington; named for Canadian horticulturist John Dryden.

Etymology

From Old English drȳġe (“dry”) + denu (“valley”).