Herold - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Herold \he-ro-ld\ is a variant of Harold (Scandinavian), and the meaning of Herold is "army ruler".

The baby name Herold sounds like Herrold, Herlad, Heraldo, Haroldo, Harolda and Harald. Other similar baby names are Jerold and Gerold.

Herold is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#5447 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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