given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, composed of the Germanic elements '' erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and '' bald'' meaning "bold".
Medieval forms include
Old High German
Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050.
There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...
and
Anglo-Saxon
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Old French
Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligib ...
. There is also a secondary association of its first element with the Greek prefix '' archi-'' meaning "chief, master", to Norman England in the high medieval period.
The form ''Archibald'' became particularly popular among
Scottish nobility
The concept of the Scottish Noblesse, a class of nobles of either peerage or non-peerage rank, was prominently advocated for by Sir Thomas Innes of Learney during his tenure as an officer of arms. Innes of Learney believed that Scottish armigers ...
in the later medieval to early modern periods, whence usage as a surname is derived by the 18th century, found especially in
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
and later
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
.
Given name
English diminutives or
hypocorism
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s include ''
Arch
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Arches may be synonymous with vaul ...
, Archy,
Archie
Archie is a masculine given name, a diminutive of Archibald. It may refer to:
People Given name or nickname
*Archie Alexander (1888–1958), African-American mathematician, engineer and governor of the US Virgin Islands
* Archie Blake (mathematici ...
, and
Baldie (nickname) Baldy or Baldie is a nickname for:
* Brian Baldinger (born 1959), American football player and broadcaster
* Mark Baldwin (baseball) (1863–1929), American professional baseball player
* Fred Brown (ice hockey) (1900–1970), Canadian National Hoc ...
''.
Variants include French ''Archambault, Archaimbaud, Archenbaud, Archimbaud'',
Italian ''
Archimboldo
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (; also spelled ''Arcimboldi'') (1526 or 1527 – 11 July 1593) was an Italians, Italian List of Italian painters, painter best known for creating imaginative portrait Human head, heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, ...
, Arcimbaldo, Arcimboldo'', Portuguese '' Arquibaldo, Arquimbaldo'' and Spanish ''Archibaldo, Archivaldo''.
Archibald is used as the anglicization of the (unrelated) Gaelic given name '' Gille Easbuig'' (also anglicized as '' Gillespie'').
The given name Archibald was comparatively popular in the United States in the late 19th century, peaking at rank 290 in 1890, but it rapidly fell out of fashion in the early 20th century, falling below rank 1,000 in popularity during the 1920s.US statistics cited after behindthename.com /ref>
Variations
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Amharic
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)
* () - (
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
)
* () - (
Belarusian
Belarusian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...
)
* () - (
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
)
* - (
Bulgarian
Bulgarian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
)
* () - (
Simplified Chinese
Simplification, Simplify, or Simplified may refer to:
Mathematics
Simplification is the process of replacing a mathematical expression by an equivalent one, that is simpler (usually shorter), for example
* Simplification of algebraic expressions, ...
)
* () - (
Traditional Chinese
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)
* () - (
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
)
* () - (
Gujarati
Gujarati may refer to:
* something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India
* Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat
* Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
* Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...
)
* - (
Hebrew
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)
* () - (
Hindi
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Kannada
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Kyrgyz Kyrgyz, Kirghiz or Kyrgyzstani may refer to:
* Someone or something related to Kyrgyzstan
*Kyrgyz people
*Kyrgyz national games
*Kyrgyz language
*Kyrgyz culture
*Kyrgyz cuisine
*Yenisei Kirghiz
*The Fuyü Gïrgïs language in Northeastern China
...
)
* - (
Latin
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)
* - (
Lithuanian
Lithuanian may refer to:
* Lithuanians
* Lithuanian language
* The country of Lithuania
* Grand Duchy of Lithuania
* Culture of Lithuania
* Lithuanian cuisine
* Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...
)
* () - (
Malayalam
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)
* () - (
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
*
* ...
Nepali
Nepali or Nepalese may refer to :
Concerning Nepal
* Anything of, from, or related to Nepal
* Nepali people, citizens of Nepal
* Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...
)
* - (
Pashto
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Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...
)
* - (
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
)
* () - (
Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
*
*
* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
)
* () - (
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
)
* () - (
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
Archibald (bishop of Moray)
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His origins are not known, but he was almost certainly the Archibald who was Dean of Moray in the years before 1253.
In that year he was conse ...
(died 1298)
*
Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Douglas and Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Douglas and Bothwell (c. 1330 – c. 24 December 1400), called Archibald the Grim or Black Archibald, was a late medieval Scottish nobleman. Archibald was the bastard son of S ...
(1325–1400), Lord of Galloway
* Sir
Archibald Douglas (died 1333)
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, Guardian of Scotland
*
Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
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(1370–1424), also Duke of Touraine
*
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas
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Life
Douglas was the son of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas and Margaret Stewart, eldest daughter o ...
(1390–1439)
*
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray
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Life
Douglas was the son o ...
Archibald Hamilton (disambiguation) Archibald Hamilton may refer to:
* Lord Archibald Hamilton (1673–1754), Scottish politician
* Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton (1740–1819), Scottish peer and politician
* Lord Archibald Hamilton (1769–1827), son of the above, MP for L ...
,
Archibald Montgomerie (disambiguation) Archibald Montgomerie may refer to:
* Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton (1726–1796), Scottish general, and Member of Parliament (MP)
* Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton (1812–1861), British Conservative politician
* Archiba ...
,
Archibald Napier (disambiguation) Archibald Napier may refer to:
* Sir Archibald Napier (landowner) (1534–1608), Scottish landowner and official, master of the Scottish mint and Laird of Merchiston
* Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier (c. 1576–1645)
* Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord ...
,
Archibald Primrose (disambiguation) Archibald Primrose may refer to:
* Archibald Primrose, 1st Laird of Burnbrae (c.1538–?)
* Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington (1616–1679), notable Scottish lawyer, judge, and Cavalier
* Archibald Primrose, 2nd Viscount of Primrose (died 1716), V ...
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus
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Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll, Chief of Clan Campbell (March 160727 May 1661) was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and peer. The ''de facto'' head of Scotland's government during most of the conflict of the 1640s and ...
(1607–1661)
*
Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond
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(1609–1655)
*
Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington
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The eldest son of James Primrose (d.1641), Writer (solicitor) by his second (or third) wife Catherine, da ...
(1616–1679), Scottish lawyer, judge, and cavalier
* Lord Archibald Hamilton (1673–1754), Scottish politician
*
Archibald Cameron of Locheil
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(1707–1753), leader in the Jacobite uprising
*
Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton
Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton (18 May 172630 October 1796) was a Scottish General and Member of Parliament (MP) in the British Parliament. He was also the Clan Chief of the Clan Montgomery. Montgomerie fought in the Seven Years' Wa ...
(1726–1796), Scottish general, and Member of Parliament (MP)
*
Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
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Background and education
Hamilton was the second son of the 5th Duke of Hamilton, by his third wife, Ann ...
Archibald Murphey
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(1777–1832), North Carolina politician
Modern
*
Archibald Butt
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(1865-1912), American journalist, United States Army officer, presidential adviser and
Titanic sinking
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victim
*
Archibald Cecil Chappelow
Archibald Cecil "A. C." Chappelow (1886 – 25 September 1976) was a British decorator, upholsterer, illustrator, and lecturer, and later in life a fine art consultant. Chappelow received praise for his illustration of the well-received 1921 book ...
Archibald McLean (judge)
Chief Justice The Hon. Archibald McLean (April 5, 1791 – October 24, 1865) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.
Early life
McLean was born at St. Andrews in the Lunenburg District in 1791, the son of Lt.-Col. The Hon ...
(1791–1865), Upper Canadian judge
* John Archibald Campbell (1811–1889), American lawyer
* Archibald McLelan (1824–1890), colonial Nova Scotian shipbuilder and politician
*
Sir Archibald Geikie
Sir Archibald Geikie (28 December 183510 November 1924) was a Scottish geologist and writer.
Early life
Geikie was born in Edinburgh in 1835, the eldest son of Isabella Thom and her husband James Stuart Geikie, a musician and music critic. T ...
Archibald Grimké
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(1849–1930), American intellectual, journalist, and diplomat
*
Archibald Gracie IV
Archibald Gracie IV (January 15, 1858 – December 4, 1912) was an American writer, soldier, amateur historian, real estate investor, and survivor of the sinking of RMS ''Titanic''. Gracie survived the sinking by climbing aboard an overturned ...
Archibald Keightley
Archibald Keightley (19 April 1859 – 18 November 1930) was an English physician and Theosophist.
Biography
Keightley was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1886, he obtained a degree from the Royal College of Physicians in London. H ...
(1859–1930), theosophist
*
Archibald Lampman
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Archibald Boyd-Carpenter
Major Sir Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter (26 March 1873 – 27 May 1937) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Career
The fourth son of William Boyd-Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon and Canon of Westminster, Archibald Boyd-Carpenter was ed ...
(1873–1937), British politician
*
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
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(1883–1950), commander in the British Army
* Archibald Hill (1886–1977), British physiologist
* Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982), American modernist writer
* Archibald Roosevelt (1894–1979), American soldier
*
Archibald F. Bennett
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Sir Archibald Dickson, 1st Baronet
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Naval career
He was born around 1739 the son of Archibald Dickson. He initially entered the merchant navy in 1752. He moved to the Royal Navy in 1755 and p ...
(died 1803), Royal Navy officer
*Archibald Alexander Leach (1904–1986, stage name
Cary Grant
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), American actor
* John Archibald Wheeler (1911–2008), American theoretical physicist
* Archibald Cox (1912–2004), U.S. Solicitor General
*
Archibald Hall
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(1924–2002), Scottish serial killer
* Archibald Gemmill (b. 1947) Scottish Football Player (Hero of Mendoza, Argentina 1978)
* Archie Manning (b. 1949), former National Football League player and father of Peyton Manning and Eli Manning
* Archie Thompson, (b. 1978), Australian footballer
* Archibald Wickeramaraja Singham (1932-1991), Sri Lankan Tamil political scientist and historian
*
Archie Mountbatten-Windsor
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Birth, family ...
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
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Meghan was ...
*
Archibald W. O. Totten
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Born in Overton County, Tennessee, his family moved to Gibson County in the west of the state when Totten was young.Albert D. Mar ...
(1809–1867), Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
Waldemar Łysiak Waldemar Łysiak (born 22 March 1944) is a bestselling Poland, Polish writer, art historian and journalist, who has written under his own name as well as the pseudonyms 'Valdemar Baldhead' (a rough translation of his name), 'Archibald', 'Mark W. Kin ...
Archibald Asparagus
This is a list of characters that appear in the ''VeggieTales'' franchise.
Primary characters Bob the Tomato
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, a character from the Christian video series, ''VeggieTales''
*
Archie Bunker
Archie is a masculine given name, a diminutive of Archibald. It may refer to:
People Given name or nickname
*Archie Alexander (1888–1958), African-American mathematician, engineer and governor of the US Virgin Islands
* Archie Blake (mathematici ...
, a character in the sitcom ''All in the Family''
*Archibald Craven, uncle and adoptive father of the protagonist, Mary Lennox, in ''
The Secret Garden
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''.
*Archie Chapman, guy from the Verdicts.
* Archie Goodwin, a character in Rex Stout's mysteries.
* Archibald Grosvenor, a character in the
Gilbert and Sullivan
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Captain Haddock
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, a character in Hergé's ''The Adventures of Tintin''.
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Archibald the Koala
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'', animated children's television series
* Archibald "Archie" Mitchell, a character from the television soap opera ''
EastEnders
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Mark Strong
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in Guy's Ritchie movie Rock'N'Rolla
* Archie Wong, a character on Waterloo Road played by Christopher Chung.
* Archibald Archibaldovich, pirate and maitre d'hotel Griboyedev, minor comic character in The Master and Margarita
* Archibald Witwicky, the character from Transformers who discovered Megatron in his National Arctic Circle Expedition
* Archibald MacGregor, a supporting character seen in a few mission in the well-known game by Rockstar Games, Red Dead Redemption II.
* Archibald Yronwood, a minor character in
George R. R. Martin
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's
A Song of Ice and Fire
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fantasy series
Surname
''Archibald'' is a modern Anglo-Saxon surname, derived from the given name.
In Renaissance Italy
''Arcimboldo'' or ''Arcimboldi'' was used as a surname in Renaissance Italy--see
Arcimboldi Arcimboldo is the surname of a number of notable Italian people.
*Giovanni Arcimboldi (died 1488), Cardinal of Novara and Cardinal of Milan
* Guido Antonio Arcimboldi (1428–1497) was a nobleman and a Roman Catholic prelate
*Giovanni Angelo Arcimb ...
In Nova Scotia, Canada
It becomes frequent in
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
by the later 18th century. Early bearers of the name associated with Nova Scotia include:
*
David Archibald (politician)
David Archibald (September 20, 1717 – 1795) was an Irish-born farmer and politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Truro Township in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1766 to 1770.
He was born in Derry and came to Londonderry, N ...
(1717–1795), represented Truro Township
**
Samuel Archibald (politician, born 1742)
Samuel Archibald (11 November 1742 – 15 February 1780) was an Irish-born farmer, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Truro Township in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1775 to 1777.
He was born in De ...
(1742–1780), son of David Archibald
***
Samuel George William Archibald
Samuel George William Archibald (February 5, 1777 – January 28, 1846) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County from 1806 to 1836 and Colchester County from 1836 to 1841 in the Nova Scotia H ...
(1777–1846), politician, son of Samuel Archibald
****
Charles Dickson Archibald
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He was born in Truro, No ...
(1802–1868), Truro businessman, son of Samuel George William Archibald
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Edward Mortimer Archibald
Sir Edward Mortimer Archibald, (10 May 1810 – 8 February 1884) was a British diplomat, a lawyer and an office holder active during the transition to responsible government in the colony of Newfoundland.
Archibald was born in Truro, Nova S ...
(1810–1884), diplomat, son of Samuel George
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Edith Archibald
Edith Jessie Archibald (7 April 1854 – 11 May 1936) was a Canadian suffragist and writer who led the Maritime Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), National Council of Women of Canada and the Local Council of Women of Halifax. For her many ...
(1854–1936), suffragist and author, daughter of Sir Edward Mortimer
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Matthew Archibald
Matthew Archibald (1745 – January 18, 1820) was an Irish-born farmer, tanner and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Truro Township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1785 to 1799.
He was born in Derry, Northern Irelan ...
(1745–1820), politician, son of Samuel
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Alexander Lackie Archibald
Alexander Lackie Archibald (March 5, 1788 – February 12, 1859) was a farmer, tanner, boot manufacturer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Truro township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1830 to 1843 and from 1848 to ...
(1788–1859), politician son of Matthew Archibald
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Thomas Dickson Archibald
Thomas Dickson Archibald (8 April 1813 – 18 October 1890) was a Canadian businessman, politician, and senator.
Born in Onslow, Nova Scotia, Archibald had by the early 1830s established himself as a businessman in the area surrounding S ...
(1813 – 1890), Onslow, Nova Scotia-native, politician
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Adams George Archibald
Sir Riley Robert Archibald , more commonly known as Sir Adams George Archibald (May 3, 1814 – December 14, 1892) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, and a Father of Confederation. He was based in Nova Scotia for most of his career, though ...
(1814 – 1892), Truro, Nova Scotia-native, politician
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Cyril Archibald
Cyril Archibald (1837 – April 13, 1914) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Stormont in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1878.
He was born in Osnabruck Township in Upper Canada in 1837, the son ...
(1837–1914), South Stormont, Ontario-native, politician
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Donald Archibald
Donald Archibald (August 16, 1840 – September 1908) was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1871 to 1878 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Musquodoboit, ...
(1840–1908), Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia-native, politician
* Raymond Clare Archibald (1875–1955), Nova Scotia-native, Canadian-American mathematician and historian of mathematics
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Edgar Archibald
Edgar Spinney Archibald, (May 12, 1885 – January 23, 1968) was a Canadian agricultural scientist.
He was the Director of the Dominion Experimental Farm between 1919 and 1950.
Between 1951 and 1952, he was the Senior Food and Agriculture O ...
(1885–1968), Yarmouth, Nova Scotia-native, agricultural scientist
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George W. Archibald
George William Archibald (born 13 July 1946) is the co-founder of the International Crane Foundation and was the inaugural winnerBergquist, Lee (22 August 2006) "Crane conservationist to receive $100,000 prize" ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' (Wisco ...
(b. 1946), New Glasgow, Nova Scotia-native, American ornithologist
In other places
The surname becomes more widespread in the English-speaking world in general during the 19th century:
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* Edward Archibald (athlete) (1884–1965), Canadian pole vaulter
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Frank C. Archibald (Newfoundland politician)
Frank C. Archibald (1887 – January 15, 1972) was a businessman and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Harbour Grace from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932 in the legislature of the Dominion of Newfoundland as a Liberal.
He was born in ...
Harry Archibald
Harry Grenfell Archibald (September 21, 1910 – September 1965) was a Canadian politician, foreman and seaman. He was born in Wynot, Saskatchewan. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1945 as a member of the Co-operative Commo ...
Nancy Archibald
Nancy Archibald (7 December 1911 – 28 August 1996) was a Canadian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was a sister of Joan Archibald
Helen Joan Riddell, née Archibald (March 3, 19 ...
(1911–1996), Montreal native, fencer
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Joan Archibald
Helen Joan Riddell, née Archibald (March 3, 1913 – October 28, 2002) was a Canadian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Joan Helen Archibald was born in Montreal, Quebec. Her ...
(1913–2002), Montreal native, fencer
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Jim Archibald
James L. Archibald (born June 6, 1961) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played right wing and played 16 games in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars between 1985 and 1987. He lives in Brainerd, Minnesota.
After pl ...
(b. 1961), Craik, Saskatchewan native, ice hockey player
* Dave Archibald (b. 1969), Chilliwack, British Columbia native, ice hockey player
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Ben Archibald
Ben Archibald (born August 26, 1978) is a former gridiron football offensive tackle. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at Brigham Young.
Archibald also played for the Amsterdam ...
(b. 1978), American player of gridiron football
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George D. Archibald
George D. Archibald (1820–1902) was a Presbyterian minister, author, and academic.
Biography
George D. Archibald was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania on February 15, 1820. He graduated from Jefferson College in 1847. He was president ...
(1820– ?), Washington County, Pennsylvania-native, theologian
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James Archibald
James Putnam Archibald (1912 - May 28, 2006), was a judge of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
The son of a lawyer, Archibald attended Bowdoin College and law school at Boston University before returning to Houlton in 1937. He worked in his fath ...
(1912–2006), Houlton, Maine native, judge
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Joey Archibald
Joey Archibald (February 20, 1914 – February 3, 1998) was a National Boxing Association (NBA) world featherweight boxing champion in April 1939. He was managed by Al Weill, and his trainer was Charlie Goldman."Leo Rodak Beaten in Fifteen ...
Lynn Archibald
Lynn J. Archibald (September 27, 1944 – May 28, 1997) was an American college basketball Coach (sport), coach. He served as head basketball coach at Idaho State University and the University of Utah.
Early life
Born in Logan, Utah, Archibald ...
(1944–1997), American college basketball head coach
* Nate Archibald (b. 1948), South Bronx native, basketball player
* Nolan D. Archibald (b.1943), CEO of Black and Decker
* Robin Tenney Archibald (born 1958), American tennis player
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* Frank Archibald (died 1975), Aboriginal Australian elder in whose honour the Frank Archibald Memorial Lecture Series was named
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Jules François Archibald
Jules François Archibald, known as J. F. Archibald, baptised John Feltham Archibald, (14 January 1856 – 10 September 1919), Australian journalist and publisher, was co-owner and editor of '' The Bulletin'' during the days of its greatest infl ...
(1856–1919), Australian journalist and publisher
* William Archibald (politician) (1850–1926), South Australian politician
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Anna Archibald
Anna Archibald (born 14 September 1959) is a retired alpine skier from Christchurch, New Zealand.
Archibald was a New Zealand alpine champion in 1977 and 1978. She competed for New Zealand at the 1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, ...
(b. 1959), alpine skier and Olympian
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Jeff Archibald
Jeffrey Victor Archibald (born 2 February 1952) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand. He competed at three Summer Olympic Games, and was a member of the New Zealand men's team that won the hockey gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Ol ...
(b. 1952), Auckland native, field hockey player
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In the UK, Archibald is mostly found as a
Scottish surname
Scottish surnames are surnames currently found in Scotland, or surnames that have a historical connection with the country.
History
The earliest surnames found in Scotland occur during the reign of David I, King of Scots (1124–53). These were ...
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Adam Archibald
Adam Archibald VC (14 January 1879 – 10 March 1957) was a Scottish First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth ...
(1879–1957), Leith native, Victoria Cross recipient
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Adrian Archibald
Adrian James Archibald (born 1969) is a motorcycle racer from Northern Ireland.
Archibald, who was born in Ballymoney, has three career wins in the Isle of Man TT, including two races in 2003 riding for TAS Suzuki. The 2003 races were overshado ...
(b. 1969), Ballymoney native, motorcycle racer
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Alan Archibald
Alan Archibald (born 13 December 1977) is a Scottish football coach and former player. Archibald, who played as a defender, has been associated with Partick Thistle for most of his career. Beginning his professional career with the club as a te ...
(b. 1977), Glasgow native, football player
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Bobby Archibald
Robert Fleming Archibald (6 November 1894 – 27 November 1966) was a association football, footballer who played in the Football League for Barnsley F.C., Barnsley and Stoke City F.C., Stoke City.
Archibald played for a number of Scottish clu ...
George Christopher Archibald
George Christopher Archibald (30 December 1926 – 22 February 1996), briefly 2nd Baron Archibald in 1975, also known as Chris Archibald, was a British economist, a researcher and professor. He played a significant role in building the new Univ ...
(1926–1996), British economist, son of Baron Archibald
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Jimmy Archibald
James Mitchell Archibald (18 September 1892 – 25 January 1975) was a Scottish professional footballer.
Archibald, a Falkirk-born wing-half, began his career with Motherwell. He later moved to Tottenham Hotspur, making his Spurs debut in th ...
(1892–1975), Falkirk native, association footballer
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Jordan Archibald
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan River ...
(1897–1946), Glasgow native, British Wrestling Champion 2012-2013
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Joseph Archibald
Dr. Joseph Samuel Archibald, Queen's Counsel, QCArchibald received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies. Despite the Honorary degree#Use of title associated with honorary doctorates, social convention on honorary doctorate ...
(died 2014), Saint Kittitian-born British Virgin Islands lawyer and judge
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Liliana Leah Archibald
Liliana Leah Archibald ( Kalmanowsky, later Barou; 25 May 1928 – 1 June 2014) was an English insurance broker for Lloyd's of London. She began her career as an economics lecturer at the University of Otago and translated books on the history o ...
(1928–2014), English insurance broker
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Marion Archibald
Marion MacCallum Archibald (1935 – 23 April 2016) was a British numismatist, author and for 33-years a curator at the British Museum. She was the first woman to be appointed Assistant Keeper in the Department of Coins and Medals and is regarde ...
(1936–2016), Scottish numismatist
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Nicholas Archibald
Nicholas Bruce Archibald (born 6 December 1975 in Perth, Scotland) is a Scottish former List A cricketer.
He was educated at Lord Silkin School, Telford, Shropshire.
He was a right-handed batsman who played for Shropshire
Shropshire (; ...
(b. 1975), Scottish cricketer
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Phyllis Archibald
Phyllis Muriel Cowan Archibald (1880 – 9 March 1947), later Phyllis Archibald Clay, was a British sculptor. Archibald was an Associate member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, Royal Society of British Sculptors from 1923, and member of the Gl ...
(1880–1947), English sculptor
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Robert Archibald
Robert Michael Archibald (29 March 1980 – 23 January 2020) was a Scottish professional basketball player. A power forward / center from the University of Illinois, he was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2002 NBA draft with the thir ...
(1980–2020), Paisley, Renfrewshire native, basketball player
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Sandy Archibald
Alexander "Sandy" Archibald (23 November 1896 – 29 November 1946) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Raith Rovers, Rangers and Scotland. He was later secretary/manager of Raith and Dunfermline Athletic.
Playing career Club
Initially ...
(1897–1946), Aberdour native, association footballer
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Steve Archibald
Steven Archibald (born 27 September 1956) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. He played prominently as a forward for Aberdeen, winning the Scottish league in 1980, Tottenham Hotspur, winning two FA Cups and a UEFA Cup, and ...
(b. 1956), Glasgow native, association footballer and manager
Fictional characters with the surname
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Nate Archibald (Gossip Girl)
Nathaniel Fitzwilliam Archibald is a character in the best selling ''Gossip Girl'' book series. He is portrayed by Chace Crawford in the television series of the same name. In the novels, he is considered the primary male character, always bein ...
, a main character on the TV series ''Gossip Girl''
*Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, a character in Fate/Zero