Evalds as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Evalds

What is the meaning of the name Evalds ?

The baby name Evalds is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈe.valds/ (EH-valds).

Evalds is Latvian in Origin.

Evalds is the Latvian masculine form of a Germanic name, cognate with German Ewald and Scandinavian/Estonian Evald. It stems from Old High German elements ēwa/ewa (“law, custom, right”) and wald (“rule, power”), yielding meanings such as “ruler by law,” “power of justice,” or “one who governs according to custom.” The name is linked to early medieval missionaries known as the Two Ewalds, whose cult helped spread it across German-speaking regions.

In Latvian the form Evalds came via the Baltic German milieu and broader North European contacts in the late 19th to early 20th century, and today it reads as a traditional yet uncommon choice. Cross-language variants include Ewald (German, Polish, Dutch), Evald (Danish, Norwegian, Estonian, Czech), and Evaldas (Lithuanian); a rare feminine counterpart Evalda appears in some Baltic records. Related -vald names include Osvalds and Valdis.

⚙ Evalds is extremely rare. Across 3 countries, we found just 3 recorded uses of it.