Wild (family name)
Wild is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
- Wild is a nickname for Middle High German wild, wild with the meaning "untamed, wild, unfaithful, immoral, strange, unfamiliar, strange, strange, uncanny" and Middle High German wild "wildness, ferocity, wild being" according to the appearance or behavior of the first Name bearer.
- Wild is occasionally a dwelling name for Middle High German wilde > wilderness <and Middle High German wilde, wilt with the meaning> wild, uninhabited, desolate <or living in a wild, lonely area.
distribution
The family name Wild occurs frequently in southern Germany.
supporting documents
- 1245: Heinricus dict. Wide occupies in Freiburg im Breisgau
- 1258: the savage occupies in Socin
- 1309: Joh. Wilde occupies in Greifswald
- 1312: Jeorg Wilde occupies in Regensburg
Name bearer
A.
- Adolf Wild (art historian) (1943–2018), German art historian
- Adolf Wild von Hohenborn (1860–1925), German infantry general and Prussian war minister
- Albert Wild (1830–1896), German banker, publicist and politician
- Albrecht Wild (* 1959), German painter and concept artist
- Alfred Wild (1915–2001), Swiss chemist and judge
- Aloysius Wild (1929–2017), German biologist
- Andreas Wild (* 1963), German politician (AfD)
- Anke Wild (* 1967), German hockey player
- Anne Wild (* 1967), German director and screenwriter
- August Wild (gemstone engraver) (1814–1896), German gemstone engraver
- August Wild (politician, 1840) (1840–1911), Swiss politician
- August Wild (politician) (1881–1953), German politician, MdL Oldenburg
- August Rudolf Wild (1891–1956), German gemstone engraver and gem cutter
B.
- Bernd Wild (* 1959), German physicist and computer scientist
- Bernhard Wild (politician) (1776–1832), Swiss doctor and politician
- Bernhard Wild (economist) (* 1941), German economist and university professor
C.
- Carl Wild (1803–1877), Swiss doctor
- Christian Wild (biologist) (* 1974), German biologist, geographer and university professor
- Christian Gottlob Wild (1785–1839), German pastor and dialect poet
D.
- Damon Wild (* 1967), American musician, producer, label owner and DJ
- Diane Wild (* 1961), Swiss billiards official and President of the Confédération Européenne de Billard (CEB)
- Dieter Wild (1931–2019), German journalist
- Doris Gäumann-Wild (1900–1993), Swiss art historian
E.
- Earl Wild (1915-2010), American composer and pianist
- Ed Wild , British cameraman
- Elisabeth Wild (1922–2020), Austrian-Swiss painter, collage and installation artist
- Emil Wild (1863–1930), Swiss manufacturer
- Erich Wild (1895–1964), German homeland researcher
- Ernest Wild (1879–1918), English navigator and polar explorer
- Ernst Wild (artist) (1924–1985), German painter and draftsman
- Ernst Wild (* 1930), German cameraman
- Eveline Wild (* 1980), Austrian TV chef
F.
- Falk-Willy Wild (* 1967), German actor
- Flora Veit-Wild (* 1947), German orientalist and Africanist
- Frank Wild (1873–1939), British polar explorer
- Franz Wild (singer) (1791–1860), Austrian singer (tenor)
- Franz Josef Wild (1922–1998), German director, screenwriter and television producer
- Franz Samuel Wild (1743–1802), Swiss geologist and mineralogist
- Friedrich Wild (1888–1966), Austrian English studies and university professor
- Fritz Witte-Wild (1848–1930), German director, actor and theater director
G
- Georg Wild (1926–1980), German historian
- Georg Gottlieb Plato-Wild (1710–1777), numismatist, lawyer and historian
- Gina Wild , pseudonym of Michaela Schaffrath (* 1970), German actress
- Gisela Wild (* 1932), German lawyer
- Gordon Wild (* 1995), German soccer player
- Gunter Wild (* 1958), German insurance agent and politician of the AfD
H
- Hans Wild (Landsknecht) ( Johann Wild ; 1585 – after 1619), German Landsknecht
- Hans Wild (pastor) (1891–1964), German Protestant pastor
- Hans Wild (architect) (1906–1946), Swiss architect
- Hans-Peter Wild (* 1941), German entrepreneur and lawyer
- Hans Walter Wild (1919–2001), German administrative lawyer and politician (SPD)
- Harry J. Wild (1901–1961), American cinematographer
- Heinrich von Wild ( Heinrich Iwanowitsch Wild ; 1833–1902), Swiss physicist and meteorologist
- Heinrich Wild (1877–1951), Swiss inventor
- Heinrich IV. Wild († 1454), Cistercian abbot
- Helmut Wild (1919–2013), German geologist and local researcher
- Herbert Wild (Bishop) (1865–1940), English clergyman, Bishop of the Church of England
- Herbert Wild , pseudonym of Jacques Deprat (1880–1935), French writer and geologist
- Herbert Wild (politician) (1886–1969), German politician (NSDAP)
- Hermann Wild (curator) (? –1945), German senior government councilor and museum curator
- Hermann Wild (politician) (1884–1962), German Protestant pastor, high school teacher, city councilor and member of the state parliament
- Hiram Wild (1917–1982), British botanist
- Horst Wild (* 1943), German soccer player
J
- Jack Wild (1952-2006), British actor
- Joachim Wild (* 1942), German historian and archivist
- Johann Wild (Oberamtmann) (1858–1903), German administrative and ministerial official
- Johann Friedrich Bader-Wild (1827–1882), Swiss entrepreneur
- Johann Ulrich Wild (1640–1691), German Protestant theologian, court preacher
- Johanna von Wild (* 1964), German writer
- Johannes Wild (politician) (1790–1853), Swiss politician and industrialist
- Johannes Wild (cartographer) (1814–1894), Swiss engineer and cartographer
- John Daniel Wild (1902–1972), American philosopher
- John J. Wild (1914–2009), British medical technician
- John Paul Wild (1923–2008), Australian astronomer and science manager
- Jonathan Wild (1683-1725), English criminal
- Josef Wild (1872–1932), German goldsmith and jeweler, minted coins during the inflationary period , imprisoned for counterfeiting
- Joseph Wild (clergyman) (1834–1908), British Methodist-Congregationalist preacher, active in the USA / Canada, representative of Anglo-Israelism
- Joseph Wild (1901–1993), German baker and association official
- Jürgen Wild (* 1961), German officer and manager
- Julian Wild (* 1973), British sculptor
K
- Karl Wild , pseudonym of Georg Theodor Klein (1820–1865), German writer and poet
- Karl Wild (historian) (1865 / 1866–1926), German historian
- Karl Wild (ice hockey player) (1917–1975), German ice hockey player and coach
- Karl Wild (journalist) (* 1948), Swiss journalist and book author
- Karl Martell Wild (1882–1952), German engineering scientist
- Karl Samuel Wild (1765–1848), Swiss civil servant, archivist and writer
- Kirsten Wild (* 1982), Dutch cyclist
- Klaus-Peter Wild (lawyer) (* 1935), German lawyer and civil servant, director of the Treuhand-Anstalt
- Klaus-Peter Wild (educational scientist) (* 1961), German educational scientist
L.
- Laurence Wild (1890–1971), American naval officer
- Leonhard Wild (* 1979), German ice hockey player
- Leonie Wild (1908–2005), German entrepreneur
- Linda Wild (* 1971), American tennis player
- Lisa Wild (* 1995), Austrian vaulting artist
- Ludwig Wild (1780–1828), German administrative officer and politician
M.
- MW Wild (* 1967), German singer and producer
- Margaret Wild (* 1948), Australian writer
- Margit Wild (* 1957), German politician
- Markus Wild (* 1971), Swiss philosopher
- Martin Wild (* 1952), German ice hockey player and coach
- Mauricio Wild (1937-2020), Ecuadorian educator
- Max Wild , pseudonym of Hans Ranzi (1882–1965), Austrian tax officer, actor and playwright
- Max Wild (1911–2000), German painter and art educator
- Michael Wild (* 1981), English snooker player
- Michael Friedrich Wild (1747–1832), German geodesist
- Michelle Wild (* 1980), Hungarian porn actress
O
- Otto Wild (1898–1971), German painter
P
- Paul Wild (1925–2014), Swiss astronomer
- Peter Wild (* 1939), Swiss electrical engineer
R.
- Rainer Wild (* 1943), German entrepreneur and founder
- Rebeca Wild (1939–2015), German educator
- Reinhold Wild (* 1943), German politician (NPD / non-attached), Member of the State Parliament in Baden-Württemberg
- Richard Wild (Judge) (1912–1978), New Zealand attorney, Chief Justice of New Zealand
- Richard Wild (cricketer) (born 1973), English cricketer
- Robert Wild (1875–1950), German administrative lawyer and politician
- Rudolf Wild (1904–1995), German entrepreneur
- Rudolf Wild-Idar (1871–1960), German painter
- Ruedi Wild (* 1982), Swiss triathlete
- Rupert Wild (geologist) (1876–1943), Swiss geologist
- Rupert Wild (* 1939), German paleontologist
- Ruth von Wild (1912–1983), Swiss teacher
S.
- Sandra Wild (* 1984), Swiss singer
- Simone Wild (* 1993), Swiss ski racer
- Stefan Wild (* 1937), German orientalist
- Stephan Wild (also Wildicus, Wildt ; 1495–1550), German physician
- Susan Wild (* 1957), American politician
T
- Tanja Wild (* 1973), German photo model
- Tasso Wild (* 1940), German soccer player
- Theodor Wild (entrepreneur) (? –1891), German textile industrialist
- Theodor Wild (writer) (* 1937), German writer
- Thiago Seyboth Wild (* 2000), Brazilian tennis player
- Thomas Wild (* 1973), German political scientist and journalist
U
- Urs Wild (* 1936), Swiss chemist and professor emeritus in physical chemistry
- Ursula Bach-Wild (1903–1987), German goldsmith and artisan
- Ute Wild (* 1965), German rower
V
- Vic Wild (* 1986), Russian-American snowboarder
W.
- Walter Wild (soccer player) ( Gualteri Wild ; 1872 – after 1949), Swiss soccer player and official
- Walter Wild (composer) (1908–1962), Swiss composer
- Werner Wild (photographer) (1917–2003), Swiss painter, draftsman and photographer
- Werner Wild (entrepreneur) (* 1926), German entrepreneur and founder of the foundation
- Werner Wild (archaeologist) , Swiss archaeologist
- Wilhelm Wild (General) (1868–1942), German major general
- Willi Wild (* 1966), German journalist, editor-in-chief of the Protestant weekly newspaper Glaube und Heimat
- Willy Wild (1919–1994), German politician (SPD)
- Wolfgang von Wild (1901–1964), German Major General in the Air Force
- Wolfgang Wild (* 1930), German physicist and politician (CSU)
- Wolfgang Wild (journalist) (* 1959), German sports presenter
See also
- Wild (noble family) , a German noble family
- Wild family , a source for the Brothers Grimm collection
- Wild
- Savage
- Wilder
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden - Familiennames , Dudenverlag, Mannheim - Leipzig - Vienna - Zurich, 2000, ISBN 3-411-70851-4 , p. 718.
- ^ Konrad Kunze, Damaris Nübling et al .: German Surname Atlas , Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin / Boston, 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-029059-2 , Volume I: 777, 783, 784; Volume III: 64; Volume V: 859, 883, 884; Volume VI: 569 and e- ISBN 978-3-11-030787-0 .