Around the globe, Herold (Herold 
, Hérold 
, הרולד 
) is quite a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly forename. The first name Herold is habitual in Namibia, where it is quite a rare boy's name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Haiti. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, and South Africa. More frequently, Herold is the last name as well as the forename.
Herold is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Herold , the operatic character in the opera Deborah (Händel); Herold , the operatic character in the opera Armida (Dvořák) and Herold , the operatic character in the opera Messaline by Isidore de Lara.
| wolf jakob herold (b. 1593) |
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| wolf hieronymus von herold (b. 1627) |
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| melchior ludolf herold German priest and composer, DE (b. 1753) |
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albrecht herold German politician, DE (b. 1929) |
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wieland herold German game expert and game critic, DE (b. 1950) |
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erasmus herold German writer, DE (b. 1969) |
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| gerhart herold DE (b. 1942) |
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| roy herold Finn basketball player (1958-), FI (b. 1958) |
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| roy herold college basketball player (1978–1981) Illinois State |
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| kumaran herold |
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| rigo herold |
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