Vitolds

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1877. From Polish Witold, copied from the rare German name Witold, from Old High German witu (“wood”) + waltan (“to rule”), but used in Polish as a rendering of Lithuanian Vytautas.

Proper noun

Vitolds m

1. a male given name
2. A respelling of the Polish male given name Witold.

Related terms

• Vitauts

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Vitolds was the only given name of 834 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.