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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : variant of Oswald.
  • German : from the Germanic personal name Ostold, composed of the elements Ost (see Oest 1) + Old High German walt(an) ‘to rule’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name composed of German Ost ‘east’ + Wald ‘forest’.

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