Ould

Ould is an English surname and an Arabic name (ولد). In some Arabic dialects, particularly Hassaniya Arabic, ولد&#x200E; (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