# Theobald (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/theobald/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈθiːoʊbɔɫd/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Old French Theobald, Tibaut; both ultimately derived from Proto-West Germanic *Þeudubalþ. Common in the Middle Ages under various spellings in the archaic pronunciation. After it became obsolete a spelling pronunciation took over. Doublet of Theudebald. Compare Old English Þēodbald.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 5 | 4,461 |
| 1917 | 5 | 4,518 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 西奥博爾德
- Esperanto: Teobaldo
- French: Thibault, Thibaut, Thibaud
- German: Thibaut
- Greek: Θεοβάλδος
- Italian: Teobaldo
- Latin: Theobaldus
- Portuguese: Teobaldo
- Spanish: Teobaldo

## People named Theobald

- Theobald II of Champagne, Count of Blois (1102–1152) and Champagne (1125–1152)
- Theobald III, Count of Champagne, Count of Champagne from 1197 to 1201
- Theobald Boehm, Bavarian flautist and tinkerer (1794-1881)
- Theobald V of Blois, French noble
- Theobald III of Blois, Count of Blois
- Theobald I, Count of Blois, Count of Blois from 940 to 975/7
- Theobald VI, Count of Blois, French noble
- Theobald Smith, American epidemiologist (1859–1934)
- Theobald I, Count of Bar, Count of Bar and Count of Luxembourg
- Theobald II of Blois, Count of Blois
- Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine, Duke of lorraine
- Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.