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
- A male given name.
- A transliteration of the Polish male given name Witold.
Related terms
- Vitauts
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Vitolds was the only given name of 834 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.