Wolfenden (surname)

Wolfenden is a surname of Old English origin meaning 'the valley of Wulfhelm' and derives from the location or township of Wolfenden near Newchurch-in-Rossendale, Lancashire. Other variants include Woolfenden.

Surname

 * Chantel Louise Wolfenden (born 1986), Australian paralympic swimmer
 * Christopher Wolfenden (born 1977), Canadian volleyball player
 * Hugh Herbert Wolfenden (1892–1968), Canadian actuary and statistician
 * Jacquie Sonia Durrell (née Wolfenden) (born 1929), British naturalist
 * James Paine Wolfenden (1889–1949), United States congressman
 * Jeremy Wolfenden (1934–1965), British journalist and spy
 * Matthew Wolfenden (born 1987), British footballer
 * Matthew Wolfenden (born 1980), British actor
 * Richard Vance Wolfenden (born 1935), American biochemist
 * Richard Norris Wolfenden (1854–1926), English physician and oceanographer
 * Guy Anthony Woolfenden (1937–2016), English composer and conductor