Harold

See also: härold

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæɹəld/
• Homophone: herald

Etymology 1

From Old English Hereweald, from Proto-Germanic *Harjawaldaz, equivalent to Old English here (“army”) + weald (“ruler”). Related to Walter which has the elements reversed.

Proper noun

Harold (plural Harolds)

1. A male given name from Old English.
   • 1882 Alfred Tennyson: The Promise of May:

     For I have heard the Steers / Had land in Saxon times; and your own name / Of Harold sounds so English and so old / I am sure you must be proud of it.

   • 1984 Ruth Rendell: The Killing Doll Pantheon Books →ISBN page 42:

     She called her husband Hal because no one else had ever done so and it had a dashing ring, rather out of keeping with Harold's appearance.

Derived terms

• Haroldian
• Harold Wood

• Harry
• Staunton Harold

Translations

male given name

• Bengali: হ্যারল্ড (haerôlḍ)
• Danish: Harald
• French: Hérault (fr) m
• Galician: Arvaldo m
• German: Harald (de)
• Greenlandic: Aaralaat
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• Irish: Aralt m
• Latvian: Haralds m
• Norwegian: Harald (no)
• Russian: Га́рольд (ru) m (Gárolʹd), Ха́рольд (ru) m (Xárolʹd)
• Spanish: Haroldo
• Swedish: Harald (sv)

See also

• Hereward
• Harvard

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

Harold (plural Harolds)

1. A particular format of improvised theater.

Anagrams

• holard, hordal