Harold

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English masculine given name given name masculine given name

Harold is a masculine given name of Old English origin, historically borne by several notable figures including kings and modern public personalities.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Hal 1
Hank 1
Harold from Harold and Maude 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English masculine given name ⓘ
given name ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ
category English masculine given names ⓘ
Germanic given names ⓘ
component1 here (army) ⓘ
component2 weald (rule, power) ⓘ
etymologicalRoot Hereweald ⓘ
gender masculine ⓘ
hasDiminutive Hal ⓘ
Harold self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hank

Harry ⓘ
hasNameDay March 20 ⓘ
October 12 ⓘ
hasShortForm Hal ⓘ
Harry ⓘ
hasVariant Harald V of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Harald

Harrold ⓘ
historicalUsage Middle Ages ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Saxon England

medieval England ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Old English ⓘ
languageOfUse English ⓘ
meaning army ruler ⓘ
leader of the army ⓘ
notableBearer Harold Bloom ⓘ
Harold Bluetooth ⓘ
Harold Godwinson ⓘ
Harold Godwinson ⓘ
surface form: Harold I of England

Harold Godwinson ⓘ
surface form: Harold II of England

Harold Lloyd ⓘ
Harold Macmillan ⓘ
Harold Pinter ⓘ
Harold Ramis ⓘ
Harold Shipman ⓘ
Harold Wilson ⓘ
notableFictionalBearer Harold Lee from Harold & Kumar ⓘ
Harold self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Harold from Harold and Maude

Harold self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Harold from Harold and the Purple Crayon
popularityTrend peaked in early 20th century in the United States ⓘ
relatedName Hal ⓘ
Harald V of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Harald

Harrold ⓘ
Harry ⓘ
usedInCountry Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hal → diminutiveOf → Harold ⓘ
Gene Clark → givenName → Harold ⓘ
H. S. M. Coxeter → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Hal Abelson → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Hal B. Wallis → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Hal Bynum → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Hal Greer → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Hal Holbrook → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Hal Roach → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Hal Steinbrenner → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Steinbrenner → givenName → Harold ⓘ
subject surface form: Hal Steinbrenner
Harold Abrahams → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold Alexander → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold Bloom → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold Brown → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold Davenport → givenName → Harold ⓘ
subject surface form: Harold G. Bowen Sr.
Harold Godwinson → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold Hotelling → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold L. Ickes → givenName → Harold ⓘ
subject surface form: Harold Lee
Harold Macmillan → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold Pinter → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold Prince → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold Ramis → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold Rosson → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold Shipman → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Stephen → givenName → Harold ⓘ
subject surface form: Harold Stephen Black
Harold Urey → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold Varmus → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold W. Kuhn → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold Wilson → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harry Belafonte → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Hart Crane → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Hype Williams → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Pee Wee Reese → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Rance Howard → givenName → Harold ⓘ
Harold → hasDiminutive → Harold self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hank
Harrold → hasRelatedName → Harold ⓘ
Harrold → hasSpellingVariant → Harold ⓘ
Harrold → isVariantOf → Harold ⓘ