Archibald

Scottish from German

"truly brave"

Archibald Origin and Meaning

Variation of Archibald

Archibald Rank in US Top 1000

# 836 in the US

Archibald Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 724 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Archibald

• 724 Nameberry 2025
• 174 Unique 2024
• 374 England 2024

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Famous People Named Archibald

• Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery, 19th century British Prime Minister
• Archibald Wavell 1st Earl Wavell, British Viceroy and Governor,General of India
• Archibald MacLeish American poet
• Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess of Argyll, 17th century Scottish leader
• Archibald Sinclair 1st Viscount Thurso, former leader of the British Liberal Party
• Archibald Douglas 6th Earl of Angus, courtier of King James V of Britain
• Archibald Tait former Archbishop of Canterbury
• Archibald Hill Nobel Prize,winning English physiologist
• Archibald Constable Scottish publisher
• Archibald Alexander Leach birth name of English,American actor Cary Grant
• Archibald Marshall Bell American actor
• Archibald Campbell "Archie" MacLaren English cricketer
• Archibald Butt American political aide to President Taft, died in Titanic disaster
• (Archibald) Marshall Bell American actor
• Archibald William Emerson Arnett son of actors Will Arnett and Amy Poehler
• Archibald Lampman Canadian romantic poet
• Col. Archibald Gracie IV American soldier, writer, and survivor of the Titanic disaster

The name Archibald in Pop Culture

• Archibald "Archie" Andrews from the Archie comics and the TV show Riverdale
• Archibald Beemis character in the Samantha Parkington American Girl series
• Archibald Simpson character on TV's "Degrassi"
• Archibald "Archie" Campbell character in Louisa May Alcott's "Rose in Bloom"
• Archibald "Moonlight" Graham character from the movie "Field of Dreams"
• Archibald "Archie" Forbes character in G. A. Henty's, In Freedom's Cause
• Nate Archibald character in the Gossip Girl series

International Variations of the name Archibald

• Archibald Spanish
• Arhambault French