Aberdeen

Scottish place-name

Aberdeen Origin and Meaning

The name Aberdeen is a girl's name of Scottish origin.

This undiscovered Scottish port city name has a nice, upbeat feel and lots of good nickname possibilities.

Aberdeen in Pop Culture

  • A city in Scotland
  • A small town in the U.S. state of Washington, hometown of Kurt Cobain (deceased lead singer of the rock band Nirvana)
  • A song by indie rock band Cage the Elephant (2011)
  • Probably means "confluence of the Dee," a river in Scotland (from the name of a Celtic river,goddess)
  • Shares first element with Abercrombie (meaning "confluence of the river called 'crooked' "), Abernathy ("confluence of the (river) Nethy"), etc.
  • Aberdeen Layfieldcharacter from What Real Life Is