Given name & surname

Vald

“forest”

Vald is a surname from German. It is used in Czech.

Original GermanWald

Meaning & origin

What it means

Vald goes back to German Wald, meaning “forest.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Vald comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Czech usage, Vald as a surname developed from Wald.

Vald’s family of names

In Czech usage, Vald as a surname developed from the German form Wald.

Walk Vald’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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“meadow”

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“tree-gardener”

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“wave, sea”

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Varnee

“from the alder tree grove”

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Sibling ideas

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