Meaning: Its source is here weald, an Old English name meaning "Army commander."

Languages: This boy's name is used in German, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.

Narrative: The names Harold and Walter are derived from the same two name elements, in opposite order. (That is, here weald became Harold and weald here became Walter.)

Dorothea and Theodora are another pair of names related in this way. Both mean ''God's gift'' or ''Gift of God,'' depending on which way you look at them.