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    The first name Theobald

    A boy’s name.

    Pronounced /ˈθiːoʊbɔɫd/ 3 syllables Male Also a surname

    Meaning and origin

    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.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Theobald at birth, 1880–2025

    In 1917, 5 boys born in the United States were named Theobald, the 4,518th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1916, when 5 were.

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    10
    babies named Theobald since 1880
    #4,518
    rank in 1917
    1916
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Theobald in other languages

    Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary

    西奥博爾德
    Xī'àobó'ěrdé
    Chinese
    Teobaldo
    Esperanto
    Thibault
    French, also Thibaut, Thibaud
    Thibaut
    German
    Θεοβάλδος
    Theováldos
    Greek
    Teobaldo
    Italian
    Theobaldus
    Latin
    Teobaldo
    Portuguese
    Teobaldo
    Spanish

    Famous people named Theobald

    21 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, 1130–1191
    • Theobald III of Blois
      Count of Blois, 1012–1089
    • Theobald I, Count of Blois
      Count of Blois from 940 to 975/7
    • Theobald VI, Count of Blois
      French noble, 1190–1218
    • Theobald Smith
      American epidemiologist (1859–1934)
    • Theobald I, Count of Bar
      Count of Bar and Count of Luxembourg, 1158–1214
    • Theobald II of Blois
      Count of Blois, 983–1004
    • Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine
      Duke of lorraine, 1191–1220
    • Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine
      Duke of Lorraine, 1263–1312

    Questions

    What does the name Theobald mean?
    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…
    When was Theobald most popular?
    1916 in the United States, when 5 babies were named Theobald, its highest rank at 4,461st.
    How do you pronounce Theobald?
    Theobald is /ˈθiːoʊbɔɫd/, 3 syllables.
    Is Theobald also a surname?
    Yes. Theobald is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.