Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage English Other Forms FormsBolds Meaning & History From a nickname for a person willing to take risks, derived from Middle English bolde "daring, courageous", from Old English beald.
Save Type Surname (from occupation & from location) Usage English Other Forms FormsBolds Meaning & History Denoted a person who lived or worked in the main house or a habitational name for places in England so-called or similar, all derived from Middle English bold "habitation, building", from Old English botl.
Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage German, Swedish Other Forms FormsBoldt, Boldman, Boldemann, Bollmann, Bollman Meaning & History From the given name Baldo. A cognate of Italian and Spanish Baldo.