The first name Archibald is of Scottish, German, Teutonic, Shakespearean, Irish, English, Anglo Saxon origin. It is often a boy name. It has the following meaning(s):

Scottish: Bold, Brave

German: From the Old German Ercanbald Meaning True and Bold

Teutonic: Holy Prince

Teutonic: Holy Prince, Obstinate, Sensual, Egotistic, Kind and Helpful to His Friends

Shakespearean: 'King Henry Iv, Part ' the Earl of Douglas

Irish: Simple Bold

English: True and Bold, Valuable. Introduced from German During the Norman Conquest, Archibald Replaced an Old English Form of the Name

Scottish: True and Bold. Also 'Bald'. Introduced from England and Germany During the Norman Conquest, the Scottish Interpreted the 'Bald' to Refer to the Shaven Head of a Monk

German: Very Bold

Anglo Saxon: Bold

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Archibaldo  (Spanish)
Bold

Archie  (English)
A Popular Diminutive of Archibald, Meaning True and Bold, Valuable. Famous Bearers: a Ventriloquist's Dummy in the Radio Programme 'Educating Archie'; a Philisophical Cockroach Created by American Wri

Archie  (German)
From the Name Archibald

Archie  (Scottish)
Diminutive of Archibald: True and Bold. Also 'Bald'. Introduced from England and Germany During the Norman Conquest, the Scottish Interpreted the 'Bald' to Refer to the Shaven Head of a Monk

Archy  (English)
Diminutive of Archer: Good With Bow and Arrow. Also a Diminutive of Archibald: True and Bold, Valuable

Archy  (Scottish)
Diminutive of Archibald: True and Bold. Also 'Bald'. Introduced from England and Germany During the Norman Conquest, the Scottish Interpreted the 'Bald' to Refer to the Shaven Head of a Monk

Baldie  (Scottish)
Diminutive of Archibald: True and Bold. Also 'Bald'. Introduced from England and Germany During the Norman Conquest, the Scottish Interpreted the 'Bald' to Refer to the Shaven Head of a Monk

Cary  (English)
Stream. Cary Became a Popular Masculine First Name in Mid-oth Century Because of Actor Cary Grant, Whose Real Name Was Archibald Leach

Cary  (English)
An Alternative Spelling of Carrie. Cary Became a Popular Masculine First Name in Mid-oth Century Because of Actor Cary Grant, Whose Real Name Was Archibald Leach. V: Carey

Douglas  (Shakespearean)
'King Henry Iv, Part ' Archibald, the Earl of Douglas

Eairrdsidh  (Gaelic)
Genuinely Bold, Genuinely Brave; a Gaelic Form of Archie, Which is a Pet Form of Archibald (Genuinely Bold, Genuinely Brave). See Archibald. Variations: Eairrsidh

Gillespie  (Scottish)
Servent of the Bisop; Derived from the Gaelic Gille Easbaig (Servant of the Bishop). Anglicization: Archibald. (Gil-ess-pee)

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