Ould is an English surname and an Arabic name ( ar, ولد). In some Arabic dialects, particularly

Hassaniya Arabic Hassānīya ( ar, حسانية '; also known as , , , , and ''Maure'') is a variety of Maghrebi Arabic spoken by Mauritanian Arabs and the Sahrawi. It was spoken by the Beni Ḥassān Bedouin tribes, who extended their authority over most of M ...

, 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 Sir Fielding Ould (1710–29 November 1789) was an Irish doctor and medical writer. Ould was the son of British Army Captain Abraham Ould (1689–1715) and a Miss Shawe of Galway, in which city he was born. He studied in Paris and settled in Go ...

(1710–1789), Irish doctor * Johnny Ould (born 1940), British boxer *

Robert Ould Robert Ould (January 31, 1820 – December 15, 1882) was a lawyer who served as a Confederate official during the American Civil War. From 1862 to 1865 he was the Confederate agent of exchange for prisoners of war under the Dix–Hill Cartel. ...

(1820–1882), American lawyer

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Ahmed Ould Bouceif Lt. Col. Ahmed Ould Bouceif ( ar, أحمد ولد بوسيف, 1934 – 27 May 1979) was a Mauritanian military and political leader. In April 1979, he seized power in a coup d'état together with Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah and other off ...

(1934–1979), Mauritanian military and political leader * Ahmed Ould Daddah (born 1942), Mauritanian economist, politician and civil servant *

Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (born August 11, 1949
at AMI website .) is a Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi Sidi (1939–1981), Mauritanian military and political leader *

Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah ( ar, أحمدو ولد عبد الله) (born November 21, 1940) is a Mauritanian diplomat who was a senior United Nations official. Background Ould-Abdallah was born on November 21, 1940, in Mauritania. He graduated fr ...

(born 1940), Mauritanian diplomat who * Bilal Ould-Chikh (born 1997), Dutch football player * Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (born 1956), Mauritanian political figure * Ely Ould Mohamed Vall 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), 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), Mauritanian politician * 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 (1965–1966), Mauritanian soldier and political figure *

Sghair Ould M'Bareck Sghair Ould M'Bareck ( ar, اسغير ولد امبارك; born 1954
, ''Agence Mauritanienne d'Information'', July 6, 2003 .

(born 1954), Mauritanian politician * Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara (1947–2017), Mauritanian politician * Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (born 1957), Mauritanian politician * Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (born 1938), 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 Zinédine Ould Khaled (born 14 January 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Angers SCO. Club career Ould Khaled made his professional debut with Angers in a 2–0 Ligue 1 win over Nantes on 7 Ma ...

(born 2000), French football player

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