Archibald
- Boy
- 9 letters
Archibald is a boy’s name of Anglo-Saxon, English, German, Literary, Scottish and Teutonic origin. Meaning in Anglo-Saxon: Bold. Meaning in English: True and bold, valuable. Introduced from German during the Norman Conquest, Archibald replaced an Old English form of the name in use since the 7th century. Meaning in German: From the Old German Ercanbald meaning true and bold. A literary name from Shakespeare’s King Henry IV, Part 1, where it belongs to the Earl of Douglas. Meaning in Scottish: True and bold. Also ‘bald’. Introduced from England and Germany during the Norman conquest, the Scottish interpreted the ‘bald’ to refer to the shaven head of a monk. Meaning in Teutonic: Holy prince. The name has 9 letters.
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Literary
'King Henry IV, Part 1' Earl of March. Scroop
Archer
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Bow, a bowman. Derived from a surname of Latin origin borne by skilled Middle Ages archers. It has been used occasionally as a first name since the 19th century. An English surname. A bowman. An English surname. Bowman.
Archerd
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Sacred.
Archere
BoyEnglish
Bowman.
Archidamusa
BoyLiterary
A literary name from Shakespeare's The Winter, where it belongs to s Tale' Lord of Bohemia.
Archie
BoyEnglish Scottish
A popular diminutive of Archibald, meaning true and bold, valuable. True and bold. Also 'bald'. Introduced from England and Germany during the Norman conquest, the Scottish interpreted the 'bald' to refer to the shaven head of a monk.
Archimbald
BoyGerman
Bold.
Archy
BoyEnglish Scottish
Good with bow and arrow. Also a diminutive of Archibald: True and bold, valuable. True and bold. Also 'bald'. Introduced from England and Germany during the Norman conquest, the Scottish interpreted the 'bald' to refer to the shaven head of a monk.