Wold

See also: wold

English

Etymology

As a Norwegian surname, spelling variant of Vold, Voll.
As an English surname, from wold (“forest”).

Proper noun

Wold (plural Wolds)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Wold is the 6091^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5631 individuals. Wold is most common among White (93.77%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wold”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

dowl, lowd, owld

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from wold (“marsh forest, swamp forest”); see woud.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɔlt/
Hyphenation: Wold
Rhymes: -ɔlt
Homophone: wold

Proper noun

Wold n

A neighbourhood of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands.

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