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Thebbald Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Theobald.'

Theobald Laver, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter Theobald, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

1620. Married — John Castell and Grisogond Theobalde: St.

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Thebbald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Thebbald Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Theobald.'

Theobald Laver, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter Theobald, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

1620. Married — John Castell and Grisogond Theobalde: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1746. — Richard Theobalds and Sarah Penson: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1791. Married — Daniel Theobald and Ann Bishop: St. George, Hanover Square.

1792. — Jesse Theobald and Sarah Young: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

TEODBOLD: A form of the Old English personal name Theobald, 'people bold.' Teodbold was one of the witnesses to the charter by King Duncan 11 to the monks of S. Cuthbert, 1094 (Lawrie, p. 10). Tebaldus de Norham held a half carucate in Hedinham (Ednam), c. 1147 (Dryburgh, 158).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

TYBALD: A form of Old English personal name Theobald, 'people bold.' The death of a daughter of Robertus Tybald in Arnbroath is recorded, c. 1261-6 (RAA. I, p. 209). See Teodbold.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

The personal name; from which have also arisen the following .surnames: Theobalds, Tibbald, Tipple, Tipkius, Tippet, Tippets, Tibbats, Tibbets, Tibbs, Tubb, Tubbs, Tubby.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

God's power; but in the Saxon Theobald signifies powerful or bold over the people. In the Saxon Psalter theod is the same as gentes, and the English nation is often called Engla—Theod. See Tibbits.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

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