Harold is an English personal name. The modern name Harold and Harrod may have derived from the Old Danish name Harald, the Old German names Hairold or Herold, or the Old English name Hereweald.[1] The Irish derivative is Ó hArailt.[2]

People with the surname edit

See also Harrold (surname)

References edit

  1. ^ Reaney, Percy Hide (1967). The origin of English surnames. Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 172. ISBN 978-0710028853.
  2. ^ Ó hArailt, Library Ireland (www.libraryireland.com), retrieved 25 November 2010 which is a transcription of: Woulfe, Patrick (1923), Irish Names and Surnames