Boy · Old High German / Old English
Ewald
Say it: AY-vahlt
Meaning
From Germanic ewa 'law, eternity' and wald 'rule'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common in Germany around 1900.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 922 babies given this name since 1884
- At its height in 1916, about 1 in 14,800 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Dutch | Ewoud |
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Famous bearers
- Saints Ewald, two Anglo-Saxon missionaries to the Saxons
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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