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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Theobald m. Gothic þiuda 'people, folk' + Old High German bald 'bold'.

The name of two 11th and a 13th C French saints, and a 13th C king of Navarre.

Czech Republic
Latin
1350 Dypoldo (abl) chlumecky 199; 1355 Dypoldus (nom) ibid. 76
England
Latin
1194 Teobaldo (dat) RotCur-vol1 p. 8; 1279–80 Teobaldus (nom) WaHR-SK p. 52, Theobaldi (gen) ibid. p. 54, Theobaldo (abl) ibid. p. 53, Theobaldus (nom) ibid. p. 52; 1348 Theobaldo (abl) SocAntNor-3-3 10
France
Latin
952x97 Teubaldus (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 79; 952x1000 Teutbaldus (nom) ibid. no. 95; 957x91 Teutbaldus (nom) ibid. no. 81; 958x92 Teotbaldus (nom) ibid. no. 87; 993x1000 Teutbaldus (nom) ibid. no. 89; 1101x1129 Tebaldus (nom) CartStPC XVIII, Teobaldus (nom) ibid. XVIII; 1107 Teobaldus (nom) ibid. XVII; a1108 Teobaldus (nom) ibid. XXI; 1115 Teobaldus (nom) CartNDJosaphat VI, Tetbaldus (nom) ibid. V; a1116 Teobaldus (nom) CartStPC XX; 1120 Theobaldus (nom) CartNDJosaphat VIII; 1131 Tebaldo (abl) clairvaux-12thc 4, Thebaldo (abl) ibid. 4, Theobaldo (abl) ibid. 4; 1135 Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 7; 1138x62 Teobaldus (nom) ibid. 82, Theobaldo (abl) ibid. 83, Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 57; 1143 Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 10, Theobaudus (nom) ibid. 10; 1144x53 Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 25; 1145 Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 11; a1147 Theobaudus (nom) ibid. 13; 1147 Thebaldo (abl) ibid. 19, Thebaudus (nom) ibid. 14, Theobaldi (gen) ibid. 15, Theobaldo (abl) ibid. 16, Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 15, Theobaudus (nom) ibid. 14; 1150 Teobaldi (gen) ibid. 22; 1151 Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 23; a1152 Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 24; c1156 Theobaldi (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XXXII; 1163 Teobaudi (gen) clairvaux-12thc 100, Theobaldi (gen) ibid. 99, Theobaudi (gen) ibid. 100; 1163–64 Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 106; 1164 Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 120; 1201 Theobaldus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp LXI; 1214 Theobaldus (nom) ibid. LXXIV; 1244 Theobald (nom) CartAub; 1258 Theobaldi (gen) ArrestReg-volI XXIV, Pentecost, Theobaldo (abl) ibid. XXIV, Pentecost, Theobaldum (acc) ibid. XXIV, Pentecost, Theobaldus (nom) ibid. XIII, BMV, Tieboudi (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CVII; 1259 Theobaldum (acc) ArrestReg-volI VI, BMV; 1301 Theobaldi (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 219, Theobaldus (nom) ibid. p. 176; 1378 Theobaldi (gen) hanquetvol1 2504, Theobaldo (dat) ibid. 362
Old French
1296 Tybaut (nom) paris1296 p. 10, Tybout ibid. p. 8; 1301 Thiebaus (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 277, Thiebaut (obl) ibid. p. 233; 1313 Thibaut Paris1313 p. 19, Thibout ibid. p. 13, Thiebaut ibid. p. 4, Tibout ibid. p. 55; 1327 Thebaut lecoy p. 190
Middle French
1392 Thebaut MemBret-II col. 598, Thibaud ibid. col. 605, Thibaut ibid. col. 611; 1418 Thibault HGParis p. 373; 1421 Thibault favier 28; 1423 Thibault ibid. 377; 1438 Thibault ibid. 133
Germany
Latin
1042 Tioboldi (gen) quix-vol1 24; 1059 Tietbaldi (gen) ibid. 48; 1098 Tietbaldi (gen) ibid. 25; 1173 Tiboldi (gen) ibid. 99; 1214 Theobaldus (nom) hennes-vol1 15; 1216 Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 20; 1401 Theobaldo (dat) HD1401 no. 347
Early New High German
1497 Tiepolt Nurn1497 1404
Italy
Latin
1285 Tebaldutii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 157
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