First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1897. From tāls (“far”) + valdīt (“rule”).
Tālivaldis m
- a male given name
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Tālivaldis was the only given name of 540 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.