Berthold

Berthold is a male first and family name .

origin

The name comes from ahd. "Based" (shiny) and "waltan" (rule).

distribution

Berthold was an often used first name of the dukes of Zähringen and is therefore widespread in southern Germany. In the 19th century it was revived by knight poetry and romantic literature. Nowadays the name is not chosen that often anymore.

Name days

variants

male: Barthold , Bertolt, Berthelt , Bertold , Bertholdt , Bert , Berti , Bertl , Berto , Berchtold , Tölke (Low German), Bertoldo
Scandinavian : Bertel , Bertil
female: Berta , Bertha

Name bearer

Ruler or first name

Berthold (Bavaria) , Duke of Bavaria (938–947)
Berthold (Ebrach) , Abbot of Ebrach (1252–1262)
Berthold (Münster) († around 880), Bishop of Münster
Berthold I (Abbot of St. Blasien) († 1141), from 1125 to 1141 abbot in the monastery of St. Blasien in the southern Black Forest
Berthold I. (Breisgau) († 982), Count im Breisgau and Vogt of Basel
Berthold I (Nidda) († 1162), Count of Nidda
Berthold I (Zähringen) (around 1000-1078), Duke of Carinthia , Margrave of Verona
Berthold I. (Ziegenhain) (around 1207 - 1258), Count of Ziegenhain and Nidda zu Ziegenhain
Berthold I von Boblas († 1161), Bishop of Naumburg from 1154 to 1161
Berthold I von Henneberg († 1312), bishop of Würzburg from 1267 to 1274 and auxiliary bishop in Mainz, attested from 1307 to 1312
Berthold I of Schwarzenburg († before 1108), from 1048 to 1069 Vogt of Regensburg and St. Emmeram
Berthold I von Teck († 1244), Bishop of Strasbourg
Berthold II (Abbot of St. Blasien) († 1308), from 1294 to 1308 abbot in the monastery of St. Blasien in the southern Black Forest
Berthold II. (Breisgau) († 1006), Count of Breisgau and from 991 of Thurgau

Berthold II of Schwarzenburg near Rötz († 1147/48), Bavarian nobleman and participant in the second crusade

Berthold II (Katzenelnbogen) († after 1217), German knight and participant in the fourth crusade

Berthold II (Naumburg-Zeitz) († after September 1, 1219), bishop of Naumburg from 1186 to 1206

Berthold II. (Nidda) († 1205 at the latest), Count of Nidda

Berthold II. (Zähringen) (around 1050 - 1111), Duke of Swabia , Duke of Zähringen

Berthold II von Sternberg († 1287), bishop of Würzburg from 1271 to 1287

Berthold II von Völkershausen (around 1320 - 1387), abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Hersfeld

Berthold III. (Zähringen) (around 1085 - 1122), Duke of Zähringen

Berthold IV. (Zähringen) (around 1125 - 1186), Duke of Zähringen, Duke of Burgundy

Berthold V. (Andechs) (around 1151 - 1188), Count of Andechs, Count of Diessen-Wolfratshausen, Margrave of Istria-Carniola, Duke of Merania

Berthold V. (Zähringen) (around 1160 - 1218), Duke of Zähringen

Berthold VI. (Andechs) († 1204), Count of Andechs

Berthold VI. from Wintzingerode († 1326)

Berthold VII. , Count of Henneberg-Schleußingen (1284–1340)

Berthold XI. from Wintzingerode (1505–1575)

Berthold von Bussnang († 1183), from 1174 to 1183 Bishop of Constance

Berthold von Freydorf (1820–1878), Baden officer

Berthold von Garsten (around 1090 - 1142), abbot of the Garsten monastery

Berthold von Helfenstein († 1233), Bishop of Chur from 1228 until his death

Berthold von Herbolzheim , medieval poet

Berthold von Hohenburg (1215–1256 / 57), Margrave of Vohburg-Hohenburg

Berthold of Calabria († around 1195)

Berthold von Moosburg (bishop) († after 1106), counter-archbishop of the Archdiocese of Salzburg

Berthold von Moosburg (Dominican) († 1361), German philosopher

Berthold von Neuenburg (Basel) († 1133/1137), Bishop of Basel

Berthold of Neuchâtel (Lausanne) († 1220), Bishop of Lausanne

Berthold von Pietengau (Berthold Graf von Pietengau-Sigmaringen; † 1254), from 1250 to 1254 Prince-Bishop in the Diocese of Passau

Berthold von Regensburg (around 1210 - 1272), medieval preacher

Berthold von Reichenau (around 1030 - 1086), historian of the 11th century.

Berthold von Reisensburg (also Perchtold; around 930 - around 999), son of the Bavarian Count Palatine Arnulf II.

Berthold von Schweinfurt († 980), count in Radenzgau, in the lower Naab, in Volkfeld, margrave, count in eastern Franconia

Berthold von Trier (or Bertolf, also Bertulf or Bertholf), Archbishop of Trier from 869 to 883, see Bertolf von Trier

Berthold von Tuttlingen (around 1290–1350), clergyman, notary Ludwig of Bavaria

Berthold von Urach († 1242), from 1207 to 1221 abbot of Tennenbach and from 1221 to 1230 abbot of Lützel

Berthold von Wehingen (also Berthold von Vaihingen; around 1345 - 1410), Bishop of Freising and briefly anti-Archbishop of Salzburg

Berthold von Zeltschach , the second bishop of Gurk

Berthold von Zollern (1320–1365), Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt

Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German writer

Berthold Beitz (1913–2013), German entrepreneur in the coal and steel industry

Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German playwright and poet

Berthold Dietz (* 1935), German sculptor

Bertolt Flick (* 1964), German entrepreneur

Bertolt Hering (* 1961), German filmmaker, painter and color researcher

Berthold Huber (* 1950), German trade unionist (IG Metall)

Berthold Knittel (1853–1918), German sculptor

Berthold Leibinger (1930–2018), German industrialist and patron

Berthold Lülf (* 1959), Mayor of Ennigerloh

Berthold Müller-Oerlinghausen (1893–1979), German sculptor

Berthold Schulte († 1198), Bishop of Bremen, see Berthold (Bishop)

Berthold Schwarz , inventor of black powder

Berthold Carl Seemann (1825–1871), botanist, gardener, plant collector and explorer

family name

A.

Albert Berthold (1841–1926), actor and theater director
Anke Berthold , German film editor
Arno Berthold (1908–1984), German politician (SED), colonel in the People's Police
Arnold Adolf Berthold (1803–1861), German physiologist, zoologist and university professor

B.

Barbara Metselaar Berthold (* 1951), German photographer and filmmaker

C.

Carl Berthold (1818–1884), German musician, fireworker and photographer

D.

Dorothee Berthold (* 1954), German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), MdL Saxony-Anhalt

E.

Elena Berthold (* 1993), German theater and film actress, dubbing and audio book speaker
Eva Berthold (* 1937), German actress and voice actress

F.

Felix Berthold (Alexander Heinrich Felix Berthold; 1859–1909), German staff and garrison doctor, manufacturer and involved in the investigation of the Leibniz grave
Frederic Berthold (* 1991), Austrian ski racer
Fritz Josef Berthold (1909–1981), German lawyer

G

Gerhard Berthold (1891–1942), German lieutenant general in World War II
Gottfried Berthold (1854–1937), German botanist and plant physiologist
Gotthelf Leberecht Berthold (1796–1851), German actor and singer
Gustav Adolph Berthold (1819–1894), German writer and painter

H

Hans Joachim Berthold (* 1923), German chemist and university professor
Heinrich Berthold (1856–1935), member of the Hessian state parliament and member of the Reichstag
Heinz Berthold (1927–2017), German historian of religion
Heinz Berthold (politician, 1924) (1924-2010), German politician (SED)
Helene Berthold (also Helene Berthold-Schwiebus ; 1855–1925), German writer
Helmut Berthold (1911–2000), German field handball player
Hermann Berthold (1831–1904), German type founder and entrepreneur
Hermine Berthold (1896–1990), worker, politician (SPD), resistance fighter

J

Jens Berthold (* 1969), German prehistorian and medieval archaeologist
Joachim Berthold (1917–1990), German sculptor
Joaquín Berthold (* 1980), Argentine actor
Jonathan Christoph Berthold (1787–1864), German doctor and the first homeopath in Upper Lusatia
Josef Berthold (1895–1986), German politician (SPD)
Julius Berthold (1845–1934), German machine manufacturer

K

Karl Berthold (1889–1975), German goldsmith and party official (NSDAP)
Klaus Jürgen Berthold (* 1948), German writer and high school teacher
Kurt Berthold (1902–1977), German fencing master

L.

Leopold Berthold (* 1967), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
Lothar Berthold (1926–2007), German historian and SED functionary
Lotte Berthold (1773–1826), German writer, pseudonym of Charlotte Kanitz
Luise Berthold (1891–1983), German Germanist, lecturer at the Philipps University of Marburg

M.

Martina Berthold (* 1970), Austrian politician (Greens)
Mathias Berthold (* 1965), Austrian ski racer
Melchior Berthold (also Bartholdt ; † 1698), Mayor of Brilon
Michael Berthold (1882–1956), Austrian state politician

N

Norbert Berthold (* 1952), German economist and university professor

P

Paul Berthold (politician) (1855–1917), German social politician
Paul Berthold , a pseudonym of Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936), Austrian-German women's rights activist
Peter Berthold (* 1939), German ornithologist

R.

Richard Berthold (1927–2007), German manager
Rolf Berthold (1938-2018), German diplomat (GDR)
Rudolf Berthold (fighter pilot) (1891–1920), German fighter pilot
Rudolf Berthold (materials tester) (1898–1960), German pioneer of non-destructive material testing
Rudolf Berthold (soccer player) (1903–1976), German soccer player
Rudolf Berthold (historian) (* 1922), German historian

T

Theodor Berthold (musician) (1815–1882), German organist
Theodor Berthold (1841–1909), German writer
Thomas Berthold (* 1962), Austrian musician, see Markus Wolfahrt and Thomas Berthold
Thomas Berthold (* 1964), German soccer player

W.

Werner Berthold (librarian) (1921–2017), German librarian and Germanist
Werner Berthold (historian) (1923–2017), German historian
Will Berthold (1924–2000), German writer and non-fiction author