Family name origins & meanings
- German : habitational name from a place so called in Bavaria, from Middle High German sē ‘lake’ + wald ‘forest’.
- German : from the German personal name Siegbald, composed of the Germanic elements sigi ‘victory’ + bald ‘bold’, ‘courageous’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name composed of German See ‘lake’ + Wald ‘forest’.