Eichenwald (surname)

Eichenwald is a surname, which literally means "oak forest" in German and Yiddish languages. In Russian language, the surname is rendered as "Айхенва́льд", which may by transliterated into English as Aikhenvald or Aykhenvald.

Bearers of this surname include:

Alexander Eichenwald (1864–1944), Russian physicist
Harry Wald (born Hans Eichenwald; 1924–1996), German-born American holocaust survivor, veteran and casino executive
Kurt Eichenwald (born 1961), American journalist
Yuly Aykhenvald (1872–1928), Russian Jewish literary critic
Alexandra Aikhenvald (born 1957), Russian-Australian linguist
Natalia Shvedova (maiden name Айхенва́льд; 1916–2009), Soviet lexicographer

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