# Bold (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bold/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,423 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,114 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 216,968 people |
| Change since 2000 | -8.4% (1,554 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the adjective bold (“daring courageous”) or the noun bold (“dwelling, house”). * As a Swedish and German surname, related to the adjective above, such as in Baldwin and Reinbold.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bold in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 6.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bold in the United States.

## People named Bold

- Harold Charles Bold, botanist (1909-1987)

## Similar surnames

Bolt, Blood, Bolte, Bald, Boldt, Belt, Blythe, Bilodeau, Blatt, Billiot, Blade, Balliet.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.