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. Provided by Wikipedia