Waltheof

Waltheof, Waldeve or Waldef is a masculine name of Old English origin and it survives in present-day as the name Waldo. Its original meaning is uncertain, although it has been proposed that it derives from Old Norse Valþjófr, equivalent to Old English weald (“powerful, mighty”) or wæl (“slaughter, carnage”) + þēof (“thief”). It may refer to:

• Waltheof of Bamburgh (died after 1006), Waltheof I, Earl of Northumberland 963–995
• Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria (died 1076), 11th-century Earl of Northumberland
• Waltheof of Melrose (died 1159), Anglo-Saxon abbot and saint
• Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar (died 1182), 13th-century Earl of Dunbar
• Waltheof of Allerdale, 11th- and 12th-century Anglo-Saxon lord of Allerdale
• Sheffield Park Academy, previously Waltheof School, Sheffield

See also

• Waldo (disambiguation)