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The theobald Surname

theobald Name Meaning and History

English and German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the unattested element þeudo- ‘people’, ‘race’ + bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’. The English surname represents a learned form, re-created from French Théobald; the common medieval form of the name was Tebald, Tibalt (Old French Teobaud, Tibaut).

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The theobald name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the theobald family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of theobald Families in the US in 1920
Number of theobald families
 49-96
 17-48		 1-16
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 101 - Messages: 234
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Charles Theobald notafakeblond 0
Theobalds in Essex and Suffolk ChristopherTheobald 6
Theobald in Derby Debs Rolley-Parnell 1
Theobalds Wilne & Draycott Derbyshire England Lorna York 3
Farley and Armstrong Families CharlesFrith11706 0
mary theobald livezeyburns 5
Clement Chevalier Theobald Suept 3
Ruth Theobald born abt 1899 RKDeLozier1952 1
Bessie Lee Wolf Theobald janiejunk17 0
THEOBALDS ret2000 3
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