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Archibald

//ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃɪ.bɔːld// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from the Germanic languages.

    "On holly rode day the gallant Hotſpur there, / Yong Harry Percy, and braue Archibold, / That euer valiant and approued Scot, / At Holmedon met, […]"

  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman Arcebald, Arcenbald or Ercenbald, from Old French Archaunbault, from Proto-West Germanic *Erknabalþ, from *erkn (“pure, holy, genuine, precious”) + *balþ (“strong, bold”).

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