Aroldo

  • [ ah-ROL-do ]
  • Italian
Italian form of HAROLD.

HAROLD   male   English
From the Old English name Hereweald, derived from the elements here "army" and weald "power, leader, ruler". The Old Norse cognate Haraldr was also common among Scandinavian settlers in England. This was the name of five kings of Norway and three kings of Denmark. It was also borne by two kings of England, both of whom were from mixed Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon backgrounds, including Harold II who lost the Battle of Hastings (and was killed in it), which led to the Norman conquest. After the conquest the name died out, but it was eventually revived in the 19th century.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Chariovalda, Hariwald
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Haraldr
ANGLO-SAXON: Hereweald
DANISH: Harald
ENGLISH: Harold
GERMAN: Harald
ICELANDIC: Haraldur
NORWEGIAN: Harald
PORTUGUESE: Haroldo
SPANISH: Haroldo
SWEDISH: Harald
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Hal, Harry
FINNISH: Harri
WELSH: Harri
OTHER FORMS
ENGLISH: Harris, Harrison
WELSH: Parry