Herald Family History
Herald Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Herold representing either Old French Hairold Herold Heraud (ancient Germanic Hariwald; see Lherault ) Old English Hereweald or Old Norse Haraldr (see Harold ). The names were probably used interchangeably. In Domesday Book Harald and Herald sometimes name the same man and in Wace's Anglo-Norman poem Roman de Rou King Harold is named as Heraut. Derivation from Middle English heraud herault herode haraude (Old French heraut herault) ‘herald’ is formally possible but it is doubtful if it was ever used as a surname. Irish: variant of Harold .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022