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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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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
1155 Teodbaldus (nom) FPD p. 121, fn. 1; 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; 952x993 Teutbaldi (gen) ibid. 132; 952x1000 Teutbaldus (nom) ibid. no. 95; 957x991 Teutbaldus (nom) ibid. no. 81; 958x92 Teotbaldus (nom) ibid. no. 87; 993x1000 Teutbaldus (nom) ibid. no. 89; 1060 Teothbaldus (nom) StVdM-II 730, Teubaldo (abl) ibid. 730; 1079x1101 Tetboldo (abl) CartStPC XXXVII; a1089x1101 Theobaldus (nom) ibid. XXXIX; 1101x1120 Teobaldus (nom) ibid. XXIV; 1101x1129 Tebaldus (nom) ibid. XVIII, Teobaldus (nom) ibid. XVIII; 1102x1144 Theobaldi (gen) ibid. XLV; 1107 Teobaldus (nom) ibid. XVII; a1108 Teobaldus (nom) ibid. XXI; a1114 Teobaldi (gen) ibid. XXXI, Teobaldo (abl) ibid. XXXI, Teobaldus (nom) ibid. XXXI; 1115 Teobaldus (nom) CartNDJosaphat VI, Tetbaldus (nom) ibid. V; a1116 Teobaldus (nom) CartStPC XX; 1120 Theobaldus (nom) CartNDJosaphat VIII; 1130x1150 Teobaldi (gen) CartStPC XXVII, Teobaldus (nom) ibid. XXVII, Theobaldi (gen) ibid. XXXVIII; 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; 1141 Theobaldi (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CXXXI; 1143 Theobaldus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 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; 1166 Theobaldi (gen) ibid. 129, Theobaldo (abl) ibid. 129; 1171 Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 140; 1174 Teobaldus (nom) ibid. 159, Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 160; 1175 Theobaldi (gen) ibid. 162; 1179 Teobaldo (abl) ibid. 176, Teobaldus (nom) ibid. 176, Theobaldo (abl) ibid. 176, Theobaldus (nom) ibid. 176; 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 MemDocMan-2 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
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Teubold (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 22
Italy
Latin
1285 Tebaldutii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 157
Portugal
Latin
1121 Tibaldi (gen) PHGCRP-I no. 2
Scotland
Latin
1094 Teodbold (nom) ESC XII
Switzerland
Latin
1179 Theobaldus (nom) CartHaut 24; 1186 Tibodus (nom) ibid. 27
Cite as: G. Grim, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Theobald". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Theobald.