Archibald
Archibald is a male given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
Old High German composed of erchan (real, pure) and bald (bold).
variants
The English shorthand and nickname Archie ; Archambault , Erkenbald .
name day
Name day is June 3rd .
Name bearer
First name
- Erchanbald (Eichstätt) (before 882–912), Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
- Erkanbald (before 997-1021), Archbishop of Mainz
- Archibald
- Archibald Alexander (1772-1851), American Presbyterian theologian
- Archibald Camden (1888–1979), British bassoonist and teacher, see Archie Camden
- Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll (1682–1761), Scottish aristocrat
- Archibald Scott Couper (1831-1892), Scottish chemist
- Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896–1981), Scottish doctor and author
- Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas (1325–1400), Scottish nobleman
- Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (1490–1557), Scottish nobleman
- Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton (1740-1819), Scottish nobleman
- Archibald Gardner Dunn (1919–1980), South African diplomat
- Archibald Matthias Dunn (1832–1917), British architect
- Archibald Frank Engelbach (1881–1961), English badminton player
- Archibald Garrod (1857–1936), English doctor and scientist
- Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), British geologist
- Archibald Gracie (1859–1912), American historian, businessman, and writer
- Archibald von Gramatzki (1837–1913), district administrator and member of the German Reichstag
- Archibald A. Hill (1902-1992), American linguist
- Archibald Vivian Hill (1886–1977), British physiologist and biochemist
- Archibald Alexander Hodge (1823–1886), American Presbyterian theologian
- Archibald Hunter (1856–1936), British general and governor of Gibraltar
- Archibald Alexander Leach , real name of Cary Grant (1904–1986), British-American actor
- Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982), American poet
- Archibald Menzies (1754–1842), British medic and biologist
- Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929), British statesman
- Archibald Reiss (1875–1929), German chemist
- Archibald Hamilton Rowan (1751–1834), Irish politician and revolutionary
- Archibald Henry Sayce (1846–1933), English archaeologist
- Archibald Stout (1886–1973), American cameraman
- Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883–1950), British Field Marshal and Viceroy of India
- Variant of Archie
- Archie Gemmill (born 1947), Scottish football player
- Archie Goodwin (1937–1998), American comic book writer, illustrator and editor
- Archie Manning (born 1949), American football player
- Archie Mayo (1891–1968), American film director
- Archie Moore (1916-1998), American professional boxer
- Archie Scott-Brown (1927–1958), British racing car driver
- Archie Shepp (* 1937), American jazz musician, composer, singer and literary and theater scholar
- Archie Mountbatten-Windsor (* 2019), son of Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
Intermediate name
- Otto Christian Archibald Fürst von Bismarck (1897–1975), German politician (DNVP, NSDAP, CDU) and diplomat, see Otto Fürst von Bismarck
- John Archibald Campbell (lawyer) (1811-1889), American lawyer
- Rudolf Archibald Reiss (1875–1929), German-Swiss criminology pioneer, university professor and publicist
- John Archibald Wheeler (1911–2008), American theoretical physicist
- Gustav Archibald von Zedlitz-Leipe (1824–1914), German landowner and politician
family name
- Adams George Archibald (1814-1892), Canadian lawyer and politician
- Adrian Archibald (* 1969), English motorcycle racer
- Anna Archibald (* 1959), New Zealand ski racer
- Bobby Archibald (1894–1966), Scottish football player
- Darren Archibald (* 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
- Dave Archibald (* 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
- David Archibald (1902–1968), Scottish football player
- Don Archibald (1906–1968), Canadian football player
- Edith Archibald (1854–1936), Canadian suffragette
- Edward Archibald (1884-1965), Canadian pole vaulter
- Edward William Archibald (1872–1945), Canadian surgeon
- Emanuel Archibald (* 1994), Guyanese athlete
- Frank C. Archibald (1857–1935), American lawyer
- George Archibald (* 1946), Canadian conservationist
- J. David Archibald (* 1950), American zoologist and vertebrate paleontologist
- Jan Archibald (* 1949), British makeup artist, make-up artist and make-up design expert
- Jeff Archibald (born 1952), New Zealand hockey player
- Jimmy Archibald (1892-1975), Scottish football player
- Joan Archibald (1913-2002), Canadian fencer
- Jock Archibald (1895– ??), Scottish football player
- Joey Archibald (1914–1998), American featherweight boxer
- John Archibald (* 1990), Scottish cyclist
- John Smith Archibald (1872–1934), Canadian architect
- Josh Archibald (* 1992), American-Canadian ice hockey player
- Katie Archibald (* 1994), Scottish track cyclist
- Matthew Archibald (* 1986), New Zealand track cyclist
- Murray Archibald (1917-2006), Scottish football player
- Nancy Archibald (1911–1996), Canadian fencer
- Nate Archibald (born 1948), American basketball player
- Raymond Clare Archibald (1875–1955), Canadian mathematician
- Richard Archibald (* 1978), Irish rower
- Robert Archibald (basketball player) (1980-2020), Scottish basketball player
- Robert Archibald (polo player) (* 1984), Australian polo player
- Ryan Archibald (born 1980), New Zealand hockey player
- Samuel George William Archibald (1777–1846), Canadian lawyer and politician
- Steve Archibald (born 1956), Scottish football player and coach
- Theo Archibald (* 1998), Scottish football player
- Tom Archibald , Canadian mathematician and historian of science
- Troy Archibald-Henville (* 1988), English football player
Fictional characters
- Archibald Douglas , title character in a ballad by Theodor Fontane
- Archibald, the Space Trotter was the West German title of the Hungarian series Mézga Aladár különös kalandjai , which was dubbed by the East German DEFA under the title Adolars fantastic adventures
- Archibald Haddock , captain and friend of Tintin in Tintin .
- Archie Leach, film name of John Cleese in the film A Fish Called Wanda
- Nate (Nathaniel) Archibald: one of the leading roles in the Gossip Girl series
- Keyneth El-Mellio Archibald: a character from the anime series "Fate"
Others
- Archibald is the name of the archive system of the WDR computer program Computerclub . Over 380 broadcasts from over 20 years are stored on it.
- Archibald Point , headland on the southwest coast of Bransfield Island off the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula
- Archie Andrews was the name of the fictional singer and guitarist of the animated music group The Archies .