The archibald Surname
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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| Archibald families - coal miners of Scotland | Lana Archibald | 43 |
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| Archibald Families of Colchester Co. Nova Scotia |
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| alexander archibald in Scotland, 1654 | Brian Holtermann | 53 |
| Pearl Lucetta Archibald (clarkston UT) |
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