Ewald

Ewald, with the ( rare ) variants Ewalt, Ewaldt, is an old German, male first name, which is also found as a surname in use today.

Origin and Meaning

The name is, like many other old German name also composed of two single words, namely waltan exercise from the Old High German noun ewa with the basic meaning ' law, law and order ' and also Old High German verb meaning prevail (be ), govern, guard. The word therefore means approximately ' of the (legal) order guarding, which the law -managing / by the law Wielding ', so designate a law enforcement officer, judge or similar officials.

Since the word ewa but had a wide semantic range and also about ' contract, covenant ' meant, the name could also be interpreted according to different and ' the contract by rulers ' are thus understood as a contract supervisor for example as. Allen interpretations but is common that the name refers to a person equipped with legal powers.

Dissemination

Ewald came in the early Middle Ages as the Holy Name; it was the name of the two brothers Ewaldi, two Anglo-Saxon missionaries, who were killed, according to legend in the 7th century in Dortmund- Aplerbeck.

The name was initially distributed only in the worship area of the two saints, namely, in Westphalia, Rhineland, and (in the form Ewout ) in adjacent parts of the Netherlands. It was not until the 18th century, it was used throughout the German-speaking countries.

Name-day

Most on 3 October, as originally in the dioceses of Paderborn and Münster; but in Cologne on 22 October.

Variants

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

  • Ewald Balser (1898-1978), German - Austrian actor
  • Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715-1759), German poet
  • Ewald Dahlskog (1894-1950), Swedish artist, artisans, designers and industrial designers
  • Ewald striker (1929-1994), German farmer
  • Ewald Dülberg (1888-1933), German painter and wood engraver
  • Ewald Gaul (1919-2004) German writer and politician ( ödp )
  • Ewald Hanstein (1924-2009), Sinti functionary
  • Ewald Hiller Man (1906-2003), German writer
  • Ewaldt Hintz (1613-1668), German organist
  • Ewald Kluge (1909-1964), German motorcycle racer
  • Ewald Lienen (* 1953), German football coach and football player
  • Ewald Mataré (1887-1965), German sculptor
  • Ewald Nowotny ( born 1944 ), Austrian economist
  • Ewald Ovir (1873-1896), Baltic German missionary and martyr
  • Ewald Schneidewind (* 1939), German Enduro athletes
  • Ewald Stadler ( b. 1961 ), Austrian politician

As well as

  • Black and White Ewald Ewald (also: Brothers Ewaldi, end of 7th century), Anglo-Saxon missionaries and martyrs

Family name

A

  • Albert Ewald (1832-1903), German forestry scientist and historian
  • Arnold Ferdinand Ewald (~ 1810-1884 ), German painter
  • August Ewald (1849-1924), German physiologist
  • Anton Ewald (* 1993), Swedish singer and dancer

C

  • Carl Ewald (1852-1932), German politician
  • Carl Anton Ewald (1845-1915), German Internist

E

F

  • Ferdinand Ewald (1846-1928), gilders and member of the German Reichstag
  • François Ewald ( born 1946 ), French philosopher and sociologist

G

  • Georg Ewald (1926-1973), German politician ( SED)
  • Georg Heinrich August Ewald (1803-1875), German theologian, orientalist and politician ( DHP), MdR
  • Gottfried Ewald (1888-1963), German psychiatrist and university lecturer
  • Gustav Ewald (1895-1983), German businessman and art historian.
  • Günter Ewald (* 1929), German mathematician and professor

B

  • Georg Heinrich August Ewald (1803-1875), German theologian and orientalist
  • Hermann Adolf Ewald (1824-1895), German jurist and man of letters

J

  • Jens Ewald (* 1983), German canoeist
  • Johann von Ewald (1744-1813), German General
  • Johann Joachim Ewald ( 1727 - after 1762), German poet
  • Johann Ludwig Ewald (1747/1748-1822), German Reformed theologian and writer
  • Johanna Ewald (1885-1961), German actress
  • Johannes Ewald (1743-1781), Danish poet
  • Julius Ewald (1811-1891), German geologist and paleontologist

K

  • Karl Ewald (Danish Carl Ewald, 1856-1908 ), Danish writer

M

  • Manfred Ewald (1926-2002), German sports official
  • Marcel Ewald (* 1983), German Ringer
  • Markus Ewald (* 1964), German local politician

O

  • Oskar Ewald ( eigtlich Oskar Fried countries; 1881-1940 ), Austrian philosopher
  • Otto Ewald (1848-1906), German theater director and author

P

  • Paul Ewald ( historian ) ( 1851-1887 ), German historian
  • Paul Ewald ( theologian ) ( 1857-1911 ), German Protestant theologian
  • Paul Peter Ewald (1888-1985), German physicist
  • Petra Ewald ( * 1955? ), German linguist

R

  • Reinhold Ewald ( born 1956 ), German physicist and astronaut
  • Reinhold Ewald ( artist) ( 1890-1974 ), German painter

S

  • Schack Hermann Ewald (1745-1822), German court official and journalist

W

  • Viktor Vladimirovich Ewald (1860-1935), Russian composer, cellist and engineer
  • William Ewald (1878-1955), German heraldry
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