Waldo

See also waldo

English

Etymology

From the obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”).

Proper noun

Waldo

1. A male given name, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.
   • 2002 Annie Proulx, That Old Ace in the Hole, ISBN 0007151519, page 217:

     He was our first baby, born September 4, 1939, our only boy. Named Waldo after a kind of bakin powder I liked. 'Waldo's Cream Powder.'

2. A surname derived from the given name.