Given name & surname
Ringold
“ring”·“to rule”
Ringold is a surname with more than one origin.
Original GermanRein
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a German surname, Ringold is built from elements meaning “ring” and “to rule”.
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Where it comes from
As a German surname, it comes from German Ringolt.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ringold’s family of names
In English usage, Ringold as a surname shares a linguistic root with the German form REIN.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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