Theobald

German

"courageous people"

Theobald Origin and Meaning

The name Theobald is a boy's name of German origin meaning "courageous people".

This is one of the least known or used of the Theo names, quite possibly because of its last syllable. In Samuel Butler's 1903 novel The Way of All Flesh, there is a clergyman character named Theobald Pontifex.

You might want to consider the French version Thibault or the Shakespearean Tybalt instead.

Famous People Named Theobald

• Saint Theobald of Dorat French saint
• Saint Theobald of Marly French Cistercian abbot
• Saint Theobald of Provins French hermit
• Theobald I and II Dukes of Lorraine
• Theobald I III, Counts of Blois
• Theobald I of Navarre Count of Champagne
• Theobald II V, Counts of Champagne
• Theobald of Bec Archbishop of Canterbury
• Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von Bethmann Hollweg, Chancellor of Germany
• Theobald Boehm inventor of the piccolo
• Theobald Smith American epidemiologist
• Theobald "Toby" Butler Irish solicitor,general
• Theobald "Toby" Jones Irish politician
• Theobald Mathew Irish reformer

Theobald in Pop Culture

• Miss Theobald headmistress in the St. Clare's school series by Enid Blyton