Archibald

 clipped from www.thinkbabynames.com

Archibald meaning and name origin

Archibald \a-rchiba-ld, ar-chi-bald\ as a boy's name is of Old French and Old German origin, and the meaning of Archibald is "genuine, bold, brave". Brought to Britain with the Norman Conquest, and popular largely in Scotland, where it is used as the English version of Gaelic Gilleasbaig. Poet Archibald MacLeish. Archie, Archy and Baldie are pet forms.
Archibald has 13 variant forms: Arch, Archaimbaud, Archambault, Archer, Archibaldo, Archibold, Archie, Archimbald, Archimbaldo, Archy, Arquibaldo, Arquimbaldo and Baldie.

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 Archie the Bold

Born in 1899 as 

his name was losing popularity.

Popularity of Archibald

Archibald is not a popular first name for men but a very popular surname or last name for all people (#3453 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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