Archibald

English

Etymology

From Old French Archaunbault, from Old High German Erchanbald, from Proto-Germanic *Erknabalþaz, a construction of *erknaz (“pure, holy, genuine, precious”) +‎ *balþaz (“strong, bold”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).tʃɪ.bɔːld/, /ˈɑː(ɹ).tʃɪ.bəld/

Proper noun

Archibald

A male given name.
A patronymic surname.

Usage notes

Used as an anglicization of Gille Easbuig (which is also often anglicized as Gillespie.

Quotations

c. 1597, [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fovrth; […], quarto edition, London: Printed by P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, OCLC 932916628, [Act 1]:
, Scene 1 :
On Holy-rood day, the gallant Hotspur there

Young Harry Percy, and brave Archibald,

That ever-valiant and approved Scot,

At Holmedon met.

Related terms

Archie

Translations

male given name

Catalan: Arxibald
French: Archambault m, Archenbaud m, Archibald (fr), Archaimbaud m, Archimbaud m
Old French: Archaunbault m
German: Archibald
Greek: Αρχίβαλδος m (Archívaldos)
Italian: Arcibaldo (it), Arcimboldo m, Archimboldo m, Arcimbaldo m

Latin: Archibaldus
Old English: Eorcenbald m
Old High German: Erkanbald, Erkenbald, Erchanbald, Erchimbold
Portuguese: Arquibaldo m, Arquimbaldo m
Spanish: Archibaldo m

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