Archibald (name)

Archibald is a male first name.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

Old High German from erchan ( genuine, pure) and soon ( bold ) composed.

Variations

The English short and diminutive Archie; Archambault, Erkenbald.

Name-day

Name day is June 3.

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

  • Erchanbald ( Eichstätt ) (before 882-912 ), Prince Bishop of Eichstätt
  • Erkan soon (before 997-1021 ), Archbishop of Mainz
  • Archibald Camden (1888-1979), British bassoonist and pedagogue
  • Archibald Hamilton Rowan (1751-1834), Irish politician and revolutionary
  • Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896-1981), Scottish physician and author
  • Archibald of Gramatzki (1837-1913), District Administrator and a member of the German Reichstag
  • Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977), British physiologist (Nobel Prize 1922)
  • Archibald Alexander Leach (1904-1986), British- American actor under the name Cary Grant
  • Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982), American poet
  • Archibald Stout (1886-1973), American Cinematographer
  • Otto Christian Archibald Prince von Bismarck (1897-1975), German politician ( DNVP, NSDAP, later CDU) and diplomat
  • Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas ( 1325-1400 ), Scottish nobleman
  • Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus ( 1490-1557 ), Scottish nobleman
  • Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll ( 1682-1761 ), Scottish aristocrat
  • Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton ( 1740-1819 ), Scottish nobleman
  • Archibald ( bishop of Moray ) ( 13th century ), Scottish Bishop of Moray
  • Sir Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell ( 1883-1950 ), British Field Marshal and Viceroy of India
  • Archibald Henry Sayce (1846-1933), English archaeologist
  • Archibald Frank Engel Bach (1881-1961), English badminton player
  • Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), British geologist
  • Archibald Menzies (1754-1842), British physician and biologist
  • John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889), American politician and lawyer
  • Archibald Hunter (1856-1936), British general and Governor of Gibraltar
  • Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery ( 1847-1929 ), British statesman
  • Archibald Scott Couper (1831-1892), Scottish chemist

Family name

  • Adams George Archibald (1814-1892), Canadian lawyer and politician
  • Anna Archibald (* 1959), New Zealand alpine skier
  • Dave Archibald (born 1969 ), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Don Archibald (* 1907), Canadian football player
  • Edith Archibald (1854-1936), Canadian suffragette
  • Edward Archibald (1884-1965), Canadian pole vaulter
  • Edward William Archibald (1872-1945), Canadian surgeon
  • J. David Archibald ( born 1950 ), American zoologist and vertebrate paleontologist
  • Jeff Archibald (* 1952), New Zealand hockey player
  • Joan Archibald (1913-2002), Canadian fencer
  • John Smith Archibald (1872-1934), Canadian architect
  • Katie Archibald (* 1994), Scottish track cyclist
  • Nancy Archibald (1911-1996), Canadian fencer
  • Nate Archibald ( b. 1948 ), American basketball player
  • Raymond Clare Archibald (1875-1956), Canadian-American mathematician and historian
  • Richard Archibald (born 1978 ), Irish rowers
  • Robert Archibald (basketball player) ( born 1980 ), Scottish professional basketball player
  • Robert Archibald ( polo player ) ( born 1984 ), Australian polo player
  • Ryan Archibald (* 1980), New Zealand hockey player
  • Samuel George William Archibald (1777-1846), Canadian lawyer and politician
  • Steve Archibald ( b. 1956 ), Scottish football player and coach

Fictional characters

  • Archibald Douglas, the title character of a ballad by Theodor Fontane
  • Archibald, the Space Trotter was the West German title of the series Mézga Hungarian Aladar különös kalandjai, which was synchronized by the East German DEFA fantastic under the title Adolar Adventure

Others

  • Archibald is the name of the archive system of the WDR broadcast Computer Computer Club. In his more than 380 programs in over 20 years are stored.
  • Archie is a search engine.
  • Male first name
  • Family name
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