When Karl Oscar Berthold was born on 8 March 1892, in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, his father, Otto Paul Berthold, was 26 and his mother, Anna Amalie Auguste Arnold, was 27. He married Margareta Luise Guckel on 26 September 1917, in Mainz, People's State of Hesse, Germany. He died on 22 October 1963, in Mainz, People's State of Hesse, Germany, at the age of 71.
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Hans, Juergen, Claus, Fritz, Gerhard, Goetz, Guenter, Helmut, Merwin, Otto, Siegried.
German and French (mainly Alsace, Doubs, and Lorraine): from the ancient Germanic personal name Bertwald, composed of the elements berht ‘bright, famous’ + wald ‘rule’. The second element has been altered by association with German hold ‘lovely, splendid’. This surname is also found in Haiti, where it is very rare.
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