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archibald Name Meaning and History

Scottish: from a Scottish personal name, Archibald, of Anglo-Norman French and (ultimately) Continental Germanic origin (see Archambault). In the Highlands of Scotland it was taken as an Anglicized equivalent of the Gaelic personal name Gille Easbaig ‘servant of the bishop’ (see Gillespie), probably because of the approximate phonetic similarity between Arch(i)bald and easbaig. Both Archibald and Gillespie are personal names much favored among Clan Campbell.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of archibald Families in the US in 1920
Number of archibald families
 73-143
 25-72		 1-24
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Archibald from West Indies Elaine_Archibald 3
HUGH BRAINE AND BENJAMIN BRAINE. hsadams7 0
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Archibalds from Maine- NH- Mass cyanproductions1 1
Archibald families - coal miners of Scotland Lana Archibald 37
Back to my roots Peter_Archibald 0
David Archibald b. 1903 StaceyGarstecki 0
Archibald, George married to Margot of Belgium Sandra_Granahan 0
Archibald's in Salem New York Heather Archibald 6
Robert Archibald b.1781 CharlesWillis64 4
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