Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage English, Dutch, German Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 1/19/2020 by glacier_bear_82 Edited 1/19/2020 by glacier_bear_82 Meaning & History From the given name Herold. This was the surname of David Herold, one of the conspirators in the Abraham Lincoln assassination plot.