Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname THEOBALD.

THEOBALD. God's power; but in the Saxon Theobald signifies powerful or bold over the people. In the Saxon Psalter theod is the same as gentes, and the English nation is often called Engla-Theod. See Tibbits.

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