Diotbald

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Old High German

Alternative forms

  • Theotpald (Bavarian, Alemannic, 8th-9th C. CE)
  • Theotbald, Thetbold, Thetpold, Theotbolt, Thiotbold (rare), Theotbold, Theotpold, Thiotpold (Alemannic, 8th or 9th C. CE)
  • Deotbald, Deotbold, Deotbolt, Dheotpold, Dheotbold, Diotpold (rare), Deotpold
  • Thietbald, Thietpald (rare), Thietpold (Alemannic, 10th C.)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Þeudubalþ, from *þeudu (“people, tribe”) +‎ *balþ (“bold, brave”). Equivalent to diot +‎ bald. Cognate with Old English Þēodbald.

Proper noun

Diotbald m

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • Middle High German: Dietbold, Dietbolt, Dietpolt (11th C.)
  • → Medieval Latin: Deotpaldus, Dietpoldus (10th-12th C.), Teotbaldus, Theotbaldus, Theotpaldus, Thiatbaldus, Deotbaldus

References

  • Geuenich, Dieter, Ludwig, Uwe, editors (2019), “Lemmatisiertes Personennamenregister”, in Die St. Galler Verbrüderungsbücher (Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Libri memoriales et Necrologia, Nova series; IX) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 448: “th 33 theud~balth”
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