German: topographic name for someone who lived on a
mountainside or slope, from an agent derivative of Middle High German
halde ‘slope’.Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu
(usually, Brahman) name, also written Haldar. It is probably
derived from Sanskrit haladhara ‘one who holds a plow’, an
epithet of Balarama, the brother of the god Krishna. Balarama is said
to have used a weapon shaped like a plowshare.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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