Ould

Ould is an English surname and an Arabic name (Arabic: ولد). In some Arabic dialects, particularly Hassaniya Arabic, ولد‎ (the patronymic, meaning "son of") is transliterated as Ould. Most Mauritanians have patronymic surnames.

Notable people with this surname include:

English surname

• Edward Ould (1852–1909), English architect
• Fielding Ould (1710–1789), Irish doctor
• Johnny Ould (born 1940), British boxer
• Robert Ould (1820–1882), American lawyer

Arabic name

• Ahmed Ould Bouceif (1934–1979), Mauritanian military and political leader
• Ahmed Ould Daddah (born 1942), Mauritanian economist, politician and civil servant
• Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (born 1949), Mauritanian diplomat and politician
• Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi (1939–1981), Mauritanian military and political leader
• Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah (born 1940), Mauritanian diplomat
• Bilal Ould-Chikh (born 1997), Dutch football player
• Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (born 1956), Mauritanian political figure
• Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953–2017), Mauritanian political and military figure
• Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya (born 1961), Mauritanian politician
• Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (born 1960), Mauritanian diplomat and politician
• Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, Mauritanian Islamic scholar and poet previously associated with al-Qaeda
• Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir, Mauritanian blogger and political prisoner
• Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940), Former Head of state of Mauritania
• Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed (born 1947), Sahrawi politician, writer and member of the Polisario Front
• Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig (born 1959), Mauritanian academic and political figure
• Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943–2019), Mauritanian politician
• Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (born 1956), Mauritanian politician
• Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (born 1956)
• Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir, Mauritanian politician
• Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003), Former Mauritanian President
• Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (born 1957), Mauritanian politician
• Mustafa Ould Salek (1936–2012), Mauritanian politician
• Myriam Ould-Braham (born 1982), French ballet dancer
• Noureddine Ould Ali (born 1972), Algerian football coach
• Omar Ould Hamaha (1963–2014), Mali Islamist militia commander
• Saleh Ould Hanenna (born 1966), Mauritanian soldier and political figure
• Sghair Ould M'Bareck (born 1954), Mauritanian politician
• Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara (1947–2017), Mauritanian politician
• Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (born 1957), Mauritanian politician
• Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938–2020), Mauritanian politician
• Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef (born 1960), Mauritanian politician
• Yahya Ould Hademine (born 1953), Mauritanian engineer and politician
• Zeine Ould Zeidane (born 1966), Mauritanian economist and politician
• Zinédine Ould Khaled (born 2000), French football player

See also

• Auld (surname)
• Oxford University Liberal Democrats