For the surname: BRYDEN

Full Name	Suburb	State	Year
Arnold BRYDEN		Western Australia	1983
Cecila BRYDEN	at Kirrawee, formerly of Maroubra	Western Australia	1972
Daphne BRYDEN	Stanmore, formerly of Lewisham	Western Australia	1993
Dorothy BRYDEN		South Australia	2005
Eleanor BRYDEN	Coogee	Western Australia	1984
Geoffrey BRYDEN	Maroubra	Western Australia	1972
George BRYDEN	Coogee	Western Australia	1992
Helen BRYDEN	formerly of Blackheath and Richmond	Western Australia	1983
James BRYDEN	Stanmore and Lewisham	Western Australia	1996
James BRYDEN	at Pyrmont	Western Australia	1880
James BRYDEN		Victoria	2005
Leslie BRYDEN	Fairfield West	Western Australia	2003
Leslie BRYDEN	Scone	Western Australia	2005
Maria BRYDEN	Randwick, formerly of West Wallsend	Western Australia	1984
Nellie BRYDEN		Western Australia	1981
Phyllis BRYDEN	Bowen Mountain	Western Australia	2004
Stanley BRYDEN	South Hurstville	Western Australia	1992
William BRYDEN	Five Dock	Western Australia	1983
William BRYDEN	Dundas, formerly of Dubbo	Western Australia	2002
Hugh BRYDEN	Cambridge Park and Tottenham	Western Australia	1989
Margaret BRYDEN	Macquarie Hills	Western Australia	2002
Robert BRYDEN	at Normanhurst	Western Australia	1984
Wynifred BRYDEN	Wahroonga	Western Australia	1974
William BRYDEN	at Buderim	Western Australia	1992
Annie BRYDEN	Greenacre	Western Australia	1999
Bryce BRYDEN		Victoria	2007
celebrating BRYDEN		Victoria	2007
Bryden BRYDEN		South Australia	2008
FRIENDS BRYDEN		South Australia	2008
William BRYDEN		Queensland	2008
Marjory BRYDEN	Sydney		0
George BRYDEN	Melbourne		0
Karli BRYDEN	Sydney	New South Wales	0

Most likely your surname BRYDEN comes from England. It is a habit to acquire the habitant name of the place where the family settled to avoid the confusion of having multiple families with the same name. The name BRYDEN was first found in the counties of Sussex, Kent, Essex and Suffolk. The name is derived from the Old English words "bryd" + "denu," which mean "broad valley."