"Harold" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈhæɹəld/ Forms: Harolds [plural]
Etymology: From Old English Hereweald, from Proto-Germanic *Harjawaldaz, equivalent to Old English here (“army”) + weald (“ruler”). Related to Walter, which has the elements reversed. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ker-|*h₂welh₁-|id2=rule}}, {{inh|en|ang|Hereweald}} Old English Hereweald, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*Harjawaldaz}} Proto-Germanic *Harjawaldaz, {{der|en|ang|here||army}} Old English here (“army”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Harold (plural Harolds)
  1. A male given name from Old English. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Derived forms: Ewyas Harold, Haroldian, Harold Wood, Harry, Staunton Harold Related terms: Hereward, Harvard Translations (male given name): হ্যারল্ড (haerôlḍ) (Bengali), Harald (Danish), Hérault [masculine] (French), Arvaldo [masculine] (Galician), ჰარალდი (haraldi) (Georgian), ჰაროლდი (haroldi) (Georgian), Harald (German), Χάρολντ (Chárolnt) (Greek), Aaralaat (Greenlandic), Aralt [masculine] (Irish), Haralds [masculine] (Latvian), Harald (Norwegian), Га́рольд (Gárolʹd) [masculine] (Russian), Ха́рольд (Xárolʹd) [masculine] (Russian), Haroldo (Spanish), Harald (Swedish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈhæɹəld/
Etymology: First performed by The Committee, a San Francisco improv group, in 1967. The name is said to have been jokingly suggested by one of the audience. Head templates: {{en-prop}} Harold
  1. A particular format of improvised theatre, in which characters and themes are introduced and then recur in a series of connected scenes.
    Sense id: en-Harold-en-name-3d7DfD6t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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