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eld Name Meaning and History

  1. English: distinguishing name for the older of two bearers of the same personal name, from Middle English eld ‘old’ (from Old English eald).
  2. Swedish: ornamental name from Old Norse eldr ‘flame’, ‘fire’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The eld name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the eld family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of eld Families in the US in 1920
Number of eld families
 6-9
 3-5		 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Burial Washington D.C. Audrey145 0
Correction Ron Eld 0
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