Halder Family History
Halder Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived on a mountainside or slope from an agent derivative of Middle High German halde ‘slope’. Indian (West Bengal) and Bangladeshi (also spelled Haldar): probably from Sanskrit haladhara ‘one who holds a plow’ an epithet of the god Balarama brother of Krishna. Balarama is said to have used a weapon shaped like a plowshare. English (North Yorkshire): variant of Alder with prosthetic H-.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022