The baby name Ewald is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'German': '/ˈeːvalt/ (EH-vahlt)', 'English_common': '/ˈiːwɔːld/ (EE-wald)', 'English_alt': '/ˈeɪwɔːld/ (AY-wald)'}.
The baby name Ewald is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'German': '/ˈeːvalt/ (EH-vahlt)', 'English_common': '/ˈiːwɔːld/ (EE-wald)', 'English_alt': '/ˈeɪwɔːld/ (AY-wald)'}.
Ewald is in Origin.
Ewald is a Germanic given name formed from Old High German ēwa ‘law, custom, right’ and wald ‘rule, power; to govern.’ The compound conveys senses such as ‘ruler by law,’ ‘strength of justice,’ or ‘one who governs according to what is right.’ The same first element underlies modern German Ehe ‘marriage,’ reflecting lawful order.
It entered Christian onomastics through the Two Ewalds - Northumbrian missionaries martyred in Old Saxony in the late 7th century - whose cult fixed the name in the Rhineland and Westphalia. The name appears across medieval German and Low Saxon records, declined in the early modern period, and revived in the 19th century; it remains uncommon but recognizable in German‑speaking Europe and parts of Central/Eastern Europe. Variants and cognates include Evald (Danish, Norwegian, Estonian, Czech/Slovak), Ewaldus (Latinized), and older spellings Ewalt/Ewaldt; surnominal forms such as Ewald/Ewoldt are also found.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN | 0 | #86 | 1 | 3,857 | |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #108 | 839 | 2,180 |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #150 | 2 | 2,166 |
| Austria | 0 | #184 | 30 | 850 | |
| Sweden | Boys | 2015 | #186 | 2 | 1,467 |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #201 | 35 | 6,830 |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #216 | 5 | 4,970 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 3,850 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #259 | 1 | 3,997 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #302 | 4 | 6,530 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #323 | 13 | 6,459 |
| PE | 0 | #329 | 1 | 6,350 | |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #330 | 3 | 7,401 |
| BR | 0 | #360 | 1 | 5,969 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| NL | 0 | #375 | 17 | 2,481 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #411 | 3 | 5,922 |
| France | Boys | 2014 | #415 | 3 | 2,861 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #415 | 757 | 5,697 |
| Germany | 0 | #417 | 21 | 2,542 | |
| ZA | 0 | #426 | 22 | 14,421 | |
| CL | 0 | #430 | 5 | 6,867 | |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #498 | 2 | 7,625 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #525 | 2 | 12,621 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #561 | 5 | 10,162 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #645 | 21 | 13,390 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #645 | 319 | 5,873 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #671 | 12 | 3,552 |
| IT | 0 | #705 | 10 | 4,183 | |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #735 | 5 | 17,960 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #782 | 4 | 12,213 |
| TN | 0 | #864 | 2 | 13,765 | |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #921 | 6 | 14,506 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #975 | 204 | 25,619 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,031 | 3 | 16,355 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,356 | 116 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Ewald is popular in 39 countries — most recent births per country:
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