Mangold

Mangold (also Mangoldt, Mangolt) is a German surname, in origin from a given name. It was the name of a noble family of Weißenfels (Altenburger Land, Thuringia), named for one Manegoldus de Wizenfels (fl. 1260); branches of this family are extant, bearing the surnames von Mangoldt, Mangoldt-Gaudlitz (since 1888) or Mangoldt-Reiboldt (since 1878). The surname Mangold could arise independently as a patronymic based on the given name; it is currently most widespread in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Mangold also refers to several cultivars of beet plants (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris): In English it is a synonym of mangelwurzel (field beet), being also the German word for chard.

Given name

 * Manegoldus de Wizenfels (fl. 1260), founder of the Thuringian house of Weißenfels.
 * Mangold von Brandis (d. 1385), bishop of Constance.

Surname
People with the surname include:


 * von Mangoldt
 * Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (1854–1925), German mathematician


 * Mangold
 * Andrej Mangold (born 1987), German basketball player
 * Carl Amand Mangold (1813–1889), German composer
 * Christoph Mangold (1719–1767), German anatomist and chemist
 * Hilde Mangold (1898–1924; née Proscholdt), German developmental biologist
 * Holley Mangold (born 1989), American Female Weightlifter
 * James Mangold (born 1963), American director and script writer
 * Julia Mangold (born 1966), German artist
 * Katharina Mangold-Wirz (1922–2003) Swiss Marine Biologist
 * Kevin Mangold (born 1968), American professional Thoroughbred jockey, stunt man and actor
 * Mike Mangold (1955–2015), American aerobatics pilot
 * Nick Mangold (born 1984), American football player
 * Robert Mangold (born 1937), American artist
 * Sylvia Plimack Mangold (born 1938), American artist
 * Tom Mangold (born 1934), British investigative journalist and author