Word.ws English Dictionary

Hebden

Hebden proper noun: a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0262).

Proper noun

Hebden (countable and uncountable, plural Hebdens)

  1. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0262).
  2. A locality in the Muswellbrook council area and the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Hebden

pluralHebdens
alternative formHebdon
alternative formHibdon

Origin of Hebden

From Old English hēope (“rosehip”) + denu (“valley”).

Words formed from Hebden

Questions about Hebden

What does Hebden mean?
Hebden means a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0262).
What part of speech is Hebden?
Hebden is a proper noun.

Words near Hebden in the dictionary

  1. Hebbronville
  2. Hebburn
  3. Hebbville
  4. Hebda
  5. Hebdas
  6. Hebden
  7. Hebden Bridge
  8. Hebden Royd
  9. Hebdens
  10. hebdo-
  11. hebdom

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Hebden (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Hebden.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hebden. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.