Wald

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• German and English : topographic name for someone who lived in or near a forest (Old High German wald, northern Middle English wald).
• Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Wald ‘forest’. Very few Jews would have been living anywhere near a forest at the time when they acquired surnames, so as a Jewish name its origins are unlikely to be topographic.