Metcalfen

Metcalfen is a rare surname and placename used primarily in fictional contexts and in genealogical records as a variant spelling. In real-world use, the spelling Metcalfen is much less common than Metcalfe or Metcalf, and it is generally treated as a less common variant of those names. The precise origin is not well defined, but most scholars regard Metcalfen as related to the medieval surname Metcalfe/Metcalf, which itself derives from a personal name of uncertain meaning and possibly connected with Old English or Old Germanic roots. The suffix fen in some place-name theories evokes a marshy landscape, though this interpretation is not uniformly attested for Metcalfen.

Geographically, Metcalfen has no widely recognized real-world location in standard gazetteers. In fiction and games, however, Metcalfen is used as the name of small towns or settlements in various imaginary settings. When used as a surname, Metcalfen follows typical English-language patterns of pronunciation and spelling, but remains far less common than its Metcalfe/Metcalf variants.

Notable real people with the surname Metcalfen are not widely documented in public sources. In fiction, characters with the name Metcalfen may appear within individual works, but they are not associated with a single canonical lineage.

See also Metcalfe, Metcalf.