Waldo
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A male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.
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A male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.
He was our first baby, born September 4, 1939, our only boy. Named Waldo after a kind of bakin powder I liked. 'Waldo's Cream Powder.'
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A surname transferred from the given name.
Etimologia
English surname, from the obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”), as in "one who snatched victory from battle." Comparable to, or ultimately Anglicized from, the Old Norse equivalent Valthiófr, from vald + *ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ). Compare Walthall, Waldie.
Waldo · A male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.
Wales · One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom,…walk · To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair…Walk · A surname.