Dearden
# Dearden

Dearden is a patronymic and an English family name meaning "the valley of the deer" deriving from the location, Dearden, near Edenfield, Lancashire.

## People with the surname

* Barry Dearden, also known as Barry Deardon (born 1963), Canadian international soccer player
* Basil Dearden (1911–1971), English film director
* Bill Dearden (b. 1944), English athlete and manager in football
* Dick Dearden (1938–2019), United States political figure from Iowa
* Harry Dearden (born 1997), English cricketer
* James Dearden (b. 1949), English film director and screenwriter
* John Dearden (1891–1972), English-born Irish athlete in cricket
* John Francis Dearden (1907–1988), United States prelate and cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church
* Kevin Dearden (b. 1970), English athlete in football
* Lorraine Dearden (b. 1961), Australo-British economist
* Stephen Dearden (b. 1968), English athlete in cricket
* Stuart Dearden (b. 1990), Scottish athlete in football
* Taylor Dearden (born 1993), American actress
* Thomas Dearden (born 2001), Australian professional rugby league footballer
* Venetia Dearden (born 1975), British photographer and filmmaker
* Nicholas Dearden (born 1960) British Product Designer and inventor of the Expanding Capstan Table
