Blackwelder Family History
Blackwelder Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schwarzwälder: habitational name for someone from the Black Forest (German Schwarzwald) in southwestern Germany. The first element Black is a translation of German Schwarz (Old High German swarz) while the second element is an altered form -wälder ‘forest dweller’ (derived from Old High German wald ‘forest’). Compare Schwarzwalder .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022