Teobald
Just 24 men in Poland carry it, and no boy has been given it since 2000. Germanic at root, it means "bold among the people".
Teobald Pronunciation
Teobald is pronounced te-O-bahlt (/tɛˈɔbalt/).
What Teobald means
Where Teobald comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Teobald reaches back to Old Germanic. Two elements built it: theod, meaning "people" or "folk," and bald, meaning "bold." Both halves were common building blocks in early Germanic names. Read together they give what the Polish gloss keeps, "mężny, odważny wśród ludu," brave among the people. The short English sense is plainer: bold people.
English readers meet a relative of the name in Shakespeare. Tybalt, the quick-tempered Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, grows from the same root, and so do the French Thibault and the English Theobald. The bald half is the one for courage.
In Poland the name-day falls on 1 June, among other dates. A teacher reading Teobald off a class register meets a name of old stock. It is uncommon now. The meaning holds firm: bold among the people.
When Teobald celebrates name day
Teobald appears 6 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 16 February.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Teobald
1 in 889425 men in Poland is named Teobald. 24 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8900 among male names.
Teobald as a middle name
Teobald is a first name for 24 men in Poland and a middle name for another 15, a 62/38 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2455th, between Taylan (15) and Thái (15).
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#2453 Talal15
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#2454 Taylan15
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#2455 Teobald15
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#2456 Thái15
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#2457 Tú15