Given name & surname
Wald
“man of the forest”
Wald is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “man of the forest.”
Original GermanWäldle
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “man of the forest.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
Wald’s family of names
In German usage, Wald has a later derivative in VALD. Wald has a related form in Walde. In German usage, Wald as a surname has a related form in Walde.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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.
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