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. Given name Manegoldus de Wizenfels (fl. 1260), founder of the Thuringian house of Weißenfels. Mangold von Brandis (d. 1385), bishop of Constance. Surname People with the surname include: von Mangoldt Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (1854–1925), German mathematician Mangold Andrej Mangold (born 1987), German basketball player Carl Amand Mangold (1813-1889), German composer Christoph Mangold (1719–1767), German anatomist and chemist Hilde Mangold (born 1898; née Proscholdt), German developmental biologist Holley Mangold (born 1989), American Female Weightlifter James Mangold (born 1963), American director and script writer Katharina Mangold-Wirz (1922-2003) Swiss Marine Biologist Kevin Mangold (born 1968), American professional Thoroughbred jockey, stunt man and actor Mike Mangold (born 1955), American aerobatics pilot Nick Mangold (born 1984), American football player Robert Mangold (born 1937), American artist Sylvia Plimack Mangold (born 1938), American artist Tom Mangold (born 1934), British investigative journalist and author See also Mangold v Helm Von Mangoldt function, an arithmetic function named for Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt. German-language surnames Surnames from given names