Theobald
About Theobald
This is one of the least known or used of the Theo names, quite possibly because of its last syllable. In Samuel Butler's 1903 novel The Way of All Flesh, there is a clergyman character named Theobald Pontifex.
You might want to consider the French version Thibault or the Shakespearean Tybalt instead.
Pronounced THEE-uh-bald.
As of October 2026, Theobald ranked #4518 in US births in 1917 SSA, peaked at #4461 in 1916.
Editor's take: The name Theobald is a boy's name of German origin meaning "courageous people".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Theobald on lists
Famous Theobalds
- Saint Theobald of Dorat
French saint
- Saint Theobald of Marly
French Cistercian abbot
- Saint Theobald of Provins
French hermit
- Theobald I and II
Dukes of Lorraine
- Theobald I
III, Counts of Blois
- Theobald I of Navarre
Count of Champagne
- Theobald II
V, Counts of Champagne
- Theobald of Bec
Archbishop of Canterbury
- Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von Bethmann
Hollweg, Chancellor of Germany
- Theobald Boehm
inventor of the piccolo
- Theobald Smith
American epidemiologist
- Theobald "Toby" Butler
Irish solicitor,general
- Theobald "Toby" Jones
Irish politician
- Theobald Mathew
Irish reformer
Theobald in pop culture
- Miss Theobald
headmistress in the St. Clare's school series by Enid Blyton