Wolde Family History

Ethiopian: from the personal name Wolde which is interpreted as ‘my son’ in the Ge’ez or Amharic languages. It often forms part of a Christian name such as Woldemariam and in this case it translates as ‘son of’. — Note: Since Ethiopians do not have hereditary surnames, this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

North German: habitational name from either of two places so named in Mecklenburg or Pomerania or from Wolda in Lower Saxony. Possibly also a topographic name from an inflected form of Middle Low German wolt walt ‘woods’.

English (Lancashire): variant of Wold.