Given name & surname
Darold
“the ruler of an army”
Darold is a form of Harold. One Scandinavian interpretation is “the ruler of an army.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Darold carries the interpretation “the ruler of an army.” Darold is a form of Harold. One Scandinavian interpretation is “the ruler of an army.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Darold is used as a form of Harold.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Darold is a form of Harold. The history of Harold gives this family its wider story. Harold experienced a revival in the 19th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Darold through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,195
- 4,195 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 99 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 99 in 1932. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,226 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Darold’s family of names
Darold is a form of Harold. Darold has a related form in Derald. Darold has a related form in Darrold.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Darold
- ASAP FergAmerican rapper (born 1988)
- Darold WilliamsonAmerican athletics competitor (born 1983)
- Darold TreffertAmerican psychiatrist1932–2020
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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