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Boy · Germanic, through Old French
Thibaut
Say it: tee-BOH
Meaning
From Germanic theud 'people' and bald 'bold'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A leading name of the Champagne nobility, popular again in France in the 1980s–90s.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Thibault, Thibaud
| English | Theobald |
|---|---|
| German | Theobald |
| Italian | Tebaldo |
| Spanish | Teobaldo |
Famous bearers
- Thibaut IV, Count of Champagne and king of Navarre, trouvère
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Paris tax rolls of the 1290s
- Royal and noble genealogies
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