Archibald

A male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “distinguished and bold.”.

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Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements erchan (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and bald "bold".
Medieval forms include Old High German Erchambald, Erkanbold, Erkanbald and Anglo-Saxon Eorcenbald. Erkanbald, bishop of Strasbourg (d. 991) was also rendered Archaunbault in Old French. The Anglo-Saxon name did not survive, and the modern given name in English derives from the introduction of the Old French name, with a secondary association of its first element with the Greek prefix archi- meaning "chief, master", to Norman England in the high medieval period.
The form Archibald became particularly popular among Scottish nobility in the later medieval to early modern periods, whence usage as a surname is derived by the 18th century, found especially in Nova Scotia and in Scotland.

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Masc. proper name, from Old High German Erchanbald, literally "genuine-bold," from erchan "genuine" + bald (see bold). Archie, British World War I military slang for "German anti-aircraft fire" or the guns that produce it (1915) is said in contemporary sources to be from the airmen dodging hostile fire and thinking of the refrain of a then-popular music hall song. It's no use me denying facts, I'm henpecked, you can see! 'Twas on our wedding day my wife commenced to peck at me The wedding breakfast over, I said, "We'll start off today Upon our honeymoon." Then she yelled, "What! waste time that way?" [chorus] "Archibald, certainly not! Get back to work at once, sir, like a shot. When single you could waste time spooning But lose work now for honeymooning! Archibald, certainly not!" [John L. St. John & Alfred Glover, "Archibald, Certainly Not"]

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Combine of ercan (genuine) and bald (bold) in Germanic.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Nate Archibald	1948	American basketball player
2	Archibald Cox	1912	American prosecutor
3	Archibald Roosevelt	1894	United States Army officer
4	Archibald Gracie IV	1859	Writer, historian, real estate investor
5	Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery	1847	British politician
6	Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell	1883	British Army General and Viceroy of India
7	Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus	1489	Scottish noble
8	Archibald Leitch	1865	British architect
9	Steve Archibald	1956	Scottish footballer
10	Archibald MacLeish	1892	American poet and Librarian of Congress
11	Archibald Butt	1865	Military aide to Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft
12	Katie Archibald	1994	Racing cyclist
13	Archibald McIndoe	1900	New Zealand plastic surgeon
14	Archibald Motley	1891	American artist
15	Archibald Hall	1924	UK butler, serial killer and thief
16	Archibald Hill	1886	English physiologist and biophysicist
17	Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso	1890	British politician
18	Archibald Eser	1961	German actor and business consultant
19	Archibald Willard	1836	American painter
20	Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll	1607	Governed Scotland during Wars of the Three Kingdoms
21	Archibald Murray	1860	General
22	Archibald Maule Ramsay	1894	British politician
23	Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll	1629	Scottish politician
24	Archibald Grimké	1849	American lawyer and diplomat
25	Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas	1372	Scottish Nobleman and General
26	Robert Archibald	1980	Scottish basketball player
27	Archibald Scott Cleghorn	1835	Hawaiian politician
28	Alan Archibald	1977	Footballer
29	Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr.	1918	United States Army officer
30	Archibald Alexander	1772	American theologian
31	Josh Archibald	1992	Canadian-American ice hockey player
32	Archibald Bulloch	1730	Lawyer and politician
33	Archibald Garrod	1857	British doctor
34	Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus	1453	Scottish admiral
35	Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll	1682	Scottish noble
36	Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll	1658	British Army general
37	Archibald Knox	1864	British artist
38	Darren Archibald	1990	Canadian ice hockey player
39	Archibald Lampman	1861	Canadian poet
40	Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll		British politician
41	Adams George Archibald	1814	Canadian politician
42	Archibald Low	1888	British physicist
43	Archibald Reiss	1875	German forensic scientist
44	Archibald Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton	1914	Scottish earl
45	Archibald Armstrong		Court jester
46	Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd	1871	Army officer
47	Archibald Sayce	1845	British Assyriologist and linguist
48	Archibald Baxter	1881	New Zealand pacifist, socialist, and anti-war activist
49	Archibald Geikie	1835	Geologist
50	Nolan D. Archibald	1943	American businessman
51	Archibald Menzies	1754	Scottish surgeon, botanist and naturalist
52	Archibald Clark Kerr, 1st Baron Inverchapel	1882	British diplomat
53	Archibald Thomas Robertson	1863	American theologian
54	Archibald Thorburn	1860	British wildlife artist
55	Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas	1328	3rd Earl of Douglas
56	Archibald Nye	1895	British Army general
57	Archibald Yell	1797	Governors of Arkansas and United States Army general
58	Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas	1390	Scottish nobleman and general of the Hundred Years' War
59	Archibald Gracie	1755	American businessman
60	Archibald Dunkley		Jamaican Rastafarain preacher
61	Archibald Constable	1774	Scottish printer and publisher
62	Archibald Montgomerie, 18th Earl of Eglinton	1939	British Earl
63	Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll	1507	Scottish nobleman, politician
64	Archibald Gracie III	1832	Confederate Army general
65	Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton	1740	Scottish peer and politician
66	Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll	1575	Scottish politician and military leader
67	Archibald H. Gillespie	1810	US Marine Corps officer
68	Archibald Scott Couper	1831	British chemist
69	J. F. Archibald	1856	Australian journalist and publisher
70	Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll	1532	Scottish politician (16th century)
71	Archibald McLean	1791	Canadian politician
72	Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa	1956	Scottish peer
73	Archibald Alexander Hodge	1823	American Presbyterian leader
74	Archibald Simpson	1790	Scottish architect
75	Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry	1818	British politician
76	Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton	1812	British Earl
77	Archibald Rutledge	1883	American poet
78	Archibald McMurdo	1812	British naval officer
79	Edward William Archibald	1872	Canadian surgeon
80	Archibald Gardner	1814	Mormon pioneer and businessman
81	Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford	1776	Governor General of British North America, 1835 - 1837
82	Archibald Dixon	1802	American politician
83	Archibald Russell	1904	British engineer
84	Archibald Cary Coolidge	1866	American historian
85	Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus	1555	Earl of Angus
86	Archibald Roane	1775	Governor of Tennessee
87	Edith Archibald	1854	Canadian activist
88	Archibald Mathies	1918	United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
89	Archibald Tait	1811	Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of London; Dean of Carlisle
90	Gary Archibald		Canadian meteorologist, broadcaster
91	Archibald Joyce	1873	British composer
92	Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat	1736	British politician
93	Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas	1694	Scottish noble
94	Archibald Cary	1721	American politician
95	Archibald Douglas	1883	Chief of the Swedish Army
96	Archibald Hunter	1856	British Army general
97	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	1873	British politician
98	Archibald Hoxsey	1884	American aviator
99	Archibald I, Lord of Douglas	1198	Scottish knight
100	Archibald S. Alexander	1906	Lawyer and United States Army officer
101	Archibald Alison	1757	Scottiah minister and essayist
102	Archibald Kennedy, 11th Earl of Cassilis	1736	Scottish noble
103	Dave Archibald	1969	Ice hockey player
104	Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton	1726	British Army general
105	Archibald Hamilton Rowan	1751	United irishman
106	Archibald Carey, Jr.	1908	American politician
107	Archibald Lucius Douglas	1842	Royal Navy admiral
108	Adrian Archibald	1969	British motorcycle racer
109	Archibald Wavell, 2nd Earl Wavell	1916	British Earl
110	Archibald Johnston	1865	American businessman
111	Archibald C. Godwin	1831	Confederate Army general
112	Archibald Vincent Arnold	1889	United States Army general
113	Adam Archibald	1879	Recipient of the Victoria Cross
114	Archibald Berkeley Milne	1855	Royal Navy admiral
115	Archibald McDonald	1790	Scottish-Canadian fur trader
116	Chad Archibald	1981	Canadian director and producer
117	Archibald Seymour, 13th Duke of Somerset	1810	Duke of Somerset
118	Archibald Dalzel	1740	British adventurer and Governor of the Gold Coast
119	Archibald Frazer-Nash	1889	British automotive designer, inventor, builder; founder of Frazer Nash
120	Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa	1770	Scottish representative peer
121	Archibald Campbell Jordan	1906	South African writer
122	Jim Archibald	1961	Canadian ice hockey player
123	William Archibald	1917	Trinidad and Tobago playwright
124	Archibald Bush	1887	American businessman
125	Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald	1748	Scottish nobleman and inventor
126	Archibald Stirling	1867	Officer of the British Army who also served as a Member of Parliament
127	Ben Archibald	1978	American football player
128	Caoimhe Archibald	1981	An Irish Sinn Féin politician
129	Archibald Murphey	1777	American politician
130	Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery	1783	British politician
131	Archibald Stuart	1795	American politician
132	Archibald L. McDougall	1817
133	Archibald Forbes	1838	British war correspondent
134	Archibald McLelan	1824	Canadian politician
135	Archibald Weigall	1874	British politician and colonial governor
136	Archibald Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa	1925	7th Marquess of Ailsa
137	Sandy Archibald	1897	Scottish footballer and manager
138	Archibald Sommers		1st Marine to be promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major
139	Archibald Cameron of Locheil	1707	Jacobite leader
140	Archibald Pitcairne	1652	Scottish physician
141	Archibald Query	1873	American inventor
142	Archibald Levin Smith	1836	British judge and rower
143	Archibald Acheson, 5th Earl of Gosford	1877	Irish earl
144	Archibald B. Darragh	1840	American politician
145	Archibald G. Brown	1844	British minister
146	Archibald Bisset Smith	1878	Recipient of the Victoria Cross
147	Ross Archibald	1994	Association Footballer
148	Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny	1809	British politician
149	Lynn Archibald	1944	American basketball coach
150	Archibald Selwyn	1877	American theatre producer
151	Archibald Blair
152	Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton	1880	Scottish Earl
153	Archibald Gordon, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair	1913	5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
154	Archibald Davidson	1732	Moderator of General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Principal Glasgow University
155	Archibald Keightley	1859	Theosophist
156	Archibald Standish Hartrick	1864	Scottish painter, lithographer
157	Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa	1847	3rd Marquess of Ailsa
158	Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas	1748	British politician
159	Archibald Cameron Macdonell	1864
160	Archibald Smith	1813	British mathematician
161	Archibald Clunes Innes	1800	Australian pastoralist
162	Archibald Bodkin	1862	British lawyer
163	Archibald Main	1876
164	Archibald Howie	1934	British physicist
165	Archibald Bower	1686	Scottish Historian
166	Archibald	1916	American musician
167	Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa	1816	Scottish peer
168	Archibald McIntyre	1772	American politician
169	Ryan Archibald	1980	New Zealand field hockey player
170	Jan Archibald	1949	Make-up artist
171	Archibald Douglas, Parson of Douglas		Scottish judge and diplomat
172	Archibald Burt	1810	Chief Justice
173	Archibald Lochry	1733	Colonial American military officer
174	Archibald Acheson, 6th Earl of Gosford	1911	British peer and soldier
175	Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford	1841	English cricketer
176	Archibald MacMechan	1862	Canadian academic
177	Archibald Peake	1859	Australian politician
178	Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis	1794	British politician
179	Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray	1426	Scottish noble
180	Archibald J. McLean	1860	Canadian politician
181	Archibald Corbett, 1st Baron Rowallan	1856	British politician
182	Archibald James	1893	British politician
183	Warren Archibald	1949	Trinidad and Tobago footballer
184	Archibald Primrose, 1st Earl of Rosebery	1664	Scottish politician
185	Joey Archibald	1914	American boxer
186	Archibald C. Hart	1873	American Democratic politician
187	Raymond Clare Archibald	1875	Canadian-American mathematician and historian of mathematics (1875–1955)
188	Archibald Paris	1861	British general
189	Archibald Seton	1758	British colonial administrator
190	Archibald McAllister	1813	American politician
191	Archibald Robertson	1886
192	Archibald Sturrock	1816	British railway engineer
193	Archibald Thomas Pechey	1876	British writer and lyricist
194	Archibald Matthias Dunn	1832	British architect
195	Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond	1609	Scottish earl
196	John Archibald		Anglican priest and author
197	Archibald Campbell	1779	American politician
198	Archibald Clavering Gunter	1847	American writer
199	Alexander Archibald	1869	American politician
200	Archibald Henderson	1877	American professor of mathematics