Baldauf
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Übername zu persönlichem Merkmal: früh aufstehend, voreilig oder jähzornig; volksetymologisch aus Rufname Baldulf
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈbæɫdaʊf/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Baldauf is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 43K(measured from records)
- FIFinland1 in 127K
- USUnited States1 in 287K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 5 (measured from records)
- 1 in 43K (inferred from the name graph)
1,160 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Übername zu persönlichem Merkmal: früh aufstehend, voreilig oder jähzornig; volksetymologisch aus Rufname Baldulf.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Baldauf counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 1,160 | 1 in 287K | 1.2K | Baldauf | 2 |
| CH Switzerland | 194 | 1 in 43K | 194 | — | — |
| FI Finland | 44 | 1 in 127K | 44 | — | — |
| AR Argentina | 33 | 1 in 1.4M | 33 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | 22 | 1 in 464K | 22 | — | — |
1,160 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Baldauf is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, 1997 Tokens, 5 Types; Plosiv-Variation im Dentalbereich (d/t bzw. lll/uff) bei Baldauf-Namensformen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, zu ahd., altsächs. bald ‚kühn, stark‘; patronymischer Familienname zum Rufnamen Bald.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Familienname; zeigt ld/ll-Varianten im Konsonantismus; Bearer count nicht angegeben.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Robert Baldaufb. 1881CHSwiss philologist (1881–1918)
- Albert Baldaufb. 1917DEGerman politician (1917-1991)
- Manfred Baldaufb. 1952DEGerman politician
- Sari Baldaufb. 1955FIFinnish businesswoman
- Rüdiger Baldaufb. 1961DEGerman musician
- Joachim Baldaufb. 1965DEGerman photographer and publisher
- Christian Baldaufb. 1967DEGerman politician (CDU), Member of Parliament in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Elisabeth Baldaufb. 1990ATbadminton player
- Marco Baldaufb. 1990DEGerman chess player
- Felix Baldaufb. 1994NONorwegian Greco-Roman wrestler
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #22,235 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #23,309 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #21,716 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 194 | #6,421 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 44 | #25,311 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 33 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 22 | #23,381 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Baldauf?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbæɫdaʊf/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Baldauf mean?
- Recorded meaning: Übername zu persönlichem Merkmal: früh aufstehend, voreilig oder jähzornig; volksetymologisch aus Rufname Baldulf.
- In which country does Baldauf have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Baldauf, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled baldauf.
- Where is Baldauf most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Baldauf is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 43 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Baldauf?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,160 people named Baldauf in 2010, about 1 in 287 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/baldaufThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Baldauf”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.