Held Family History
Held Name Meaning
German Dutch and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from Middle High German Middle Dutch Yiddish held ‘hero’. As a Jewish name it is often artificial. German and Dutch: from a short form of any of the ancient Germanic personal names formed with hild ‘strife’ as the first element. English: variant of Heald .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022