Archibald (name)

Archibald
Origin
Meaning	Derives from the Old High German Erkanbald, composed of erkan, "precious" and bald, "strong".;
Other names
Variant forms	Arcimboldi; Archambeault; Archambault;

Archibald is a family name and a given name, deriving from Old High German Erkanbald, composed of erkan, "precious" and bald, "strong".^[1]^[2] The name varies in Old French as Archambeault and Archambault, and in Italian as Arcimboldi.^[3]^[4]

People with the surname

David Archibald (politician) (1717–1795), Canadian politician
- Samuel Archibald (politician, born 1742) (1742–1780), Canadian politician
  - Samuel George William Archibald (1777–1846), Canadian politician and judge
    - Charles Dickson Archibald (1802–1868), Canadian politician
    - Sir Edward Mortimer Archibald (1810–1884), Canadian politician
      - Edith Archibald (1854–1936), Canadian suffragist and union leader
Matthew Archibald (1745–1820), Canadian politician
- Alexander Lackie Archibald (1788–1859), Canadian politician
Thomas Dickson Archibald (1813–1890), Canadian politician
Sir Adams George Archibald (1814–1892), Canadian politician
Cyril Archibald (1837–1914), Canadian politician
Donald Archibald (1840–1908), Canadian politician
Raymond Clare Archibald (1875–1955), Canadian-American mathematician and historian of mathematics
Edgar Archibald (1885–1968), Canadian agricultural scientist
George W. Archibald (b. 1946), Canadian-American ornithologist
Edward Archibald (athlete) (1884–1965), Canadian pole vaulter
Frank C. Archibald (Newfoundland politician) (1887–1972), Canadian politician
Harry Archibald (1910–1965), Canadian politician
Nancy Archibald (1911–1996), Canadian Olympian fencer
Jane Archibald, Canadian operatic soprano
Joan Archibald (1913–2002), Canadian Olympian fencer
Josh Archibald (b. 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
Jim Archibald (b. 1961), Canadian ice hockey player
Dave Archibald (b. 1969), Canadian hockey player
Ben Archibald (b. 1978), American NFL player
George D. Archibald (1820–?), American theologian
James Archibald (1912–2006), American judge
Joey Archibald (1914–1998), American boxer
Lynn Archibald (1944–1997), American college basketball coach
Nate Archibald (b. 1948), American basketball player
Nolan D. Archibald (b.1943), American businessman
Robin Tenney (born Robin Tenney Archibald 1958), American tennis player
Frank Archibald (died 1975), Aboriginal Australian of Frank Archibald Memorial Lecture Series
Jules François Archibald (1856–1919), Australian journalist and publisher
William Archibald (politician) (1850–1926), South Australian politician
Anna Archibald (b. 1959), New Zealander Olympian skier
Jeff Archibald (b. 1952), New Zealander field hockey player
Adam Archibald (1879–1957), Scottish Victoria Cross recipient
Adrian Archibald (b. 1969), Irish motorcycle racer
Alan Archibald (b. 1977), Scottish football coach
Bobby Archibald (1894–1966), Scottish footballer
George Archibald, 1st Baron Archibald (1898–1975), British politician
George Christopher Archibald (1926–1996), British economist
Jimmy Archibald (1892–1975), Scottish association footballer
Joseph Archibald (died 2014), British Virgin Islands Attorney General and judge
Liliana Leah Archibald (1928–2014), English insurance broker
Marion Archibald (1936–2016), Scottish numismatist
Nicholas Archibald (b. 1975), Scottish cricketer
Phyllis Archibald (1880–1947), English sculptor
Robert Archibald (1980–2020), Scottish basketball player
Sandy Archibald (1897–1946), Scottish association footballer
Steve Archibald (b. 1956), Scottish association footballer and manager

Fictional characters with the surname

Nate Archibald (Gossip Girl), a main character on the TV series Gossip Girl
Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, a character in Fate/Zero

People with given name

Medieval

Archibald I, Lord of Douglas (ca. 1198–1238), Scottish nobleman
Archibald (bishop of Moray) (died 1298), Scottish prelate
Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas (1325–1400), Lord of Galloway
Archibald Douglas (died 1333), Guardian of Scotland
Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas (1370–1424), also Duke of Touraine
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas (1390–1439), Scottish nobleman and general
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray (1426–1455), Scottish nobleman
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (1453–1514), Scottish politician and magnate

Early modern

See Archibald Campbell (disambiguation), Archibald Douglas (disambiguation), Archibald Hamilton (disambiguation), Archibald Montgomerie (disambiguation), Archibald Napier (disambiguation), and Archibald Primrose (disambiguation) for lists of individuals with these names.

Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie (1475–1536), Scottish nobleman and Treasurer of Scotland
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (1490–1557), Scottish nobleman
Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll (died 1513), Lord Chancellor of Scotland
Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll (c. 1507–1558), Scottish nobleman and politician
Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll (1532/7–1573), Scottish politician
Sir Archibald Napier (1534–1608), Scottish master of the Scottish mint and Laird of Merchiston
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus (1556–1588) (also 5th Earl of Morton)
Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll (c. 1575–1638), Scottish politician and military leader
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll (1607–1661), Scottish nobleman
Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond (1609–1655), Scottish nobleman
Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington (1616–1679), Scottish lawyer, judge, and cavalier
Lord Archibald Hamilton (1673–1754), Scottish politician
Archibald Cameron of Lochiel (1707–1753), Scottish leader in the Jacobite uprising
Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton (1726–1796), Scottish general and politician
Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton (1740–1819), Scottish peer and politician
- Lord Archibald Hamilton (1769–1827), Scottish politician
Archibald McBryde (1766–1816), Scottish-born American politician
Archibald Murphey (1777–1832), North Carolina politician

Modern

Sir Archibald Dickson, 1st Baronet (died 1803), British naval officer
Archibald Hamilton (1790–1815), American naval officer
Archibald McLean (judge) (1791–1865), Canadian judge
Archibald Welch (1794–1853), American politician and physician from Connecticut
Archibald W. O. Totten (1809–1867), American judge
John Archibald Campbell (1811–1889), American lawyer
Archibald McLelan (1824–1890), Canadian shipbuilder and politician
A. Loudon Snowden Archibald Loudon Snowden (1835–1912), American diplomat
Sir Archibald Geikie (1835–1924), Scottish geologist
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929), British politician and Prime Minister of the UK
Archibald Grimké (1849–1930), American journalist and diplomat
Archibald Gracie IV (1859–1912), American writer and RMS Titanic sinking survivor
Archibald Keightley (1859–1930), English physician and theosophist
Archibald Lampman (1861–1899), Canadian poet
Archibald Butt (1865–1912), American journalist, army officer, presidential adviser and RMS Titanic sinking casualty
Archibald Ritchie (British Army officer) (1869–1955), British general
Archibald Boyd-Carpenter (1873–1937), British politician
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883–1950), British commander
Archibald Hill (1886–1977), British physiologist
Archibald Cecil Chappelow (1886–1976), British fine art consultant
Archibald Motley (1891–1981), American visual artist
Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982), American modernist writer
Archibald Roosevelt (1894–1979), American soldier
Archibald F. Bennett (1896–1965) LDS genealogist
A. J. Cronin Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896–1981), Scottish author
Archibald Alexander Leach (1904–1986, stage name Cary Grant), American actor
John Archibald Wheeler (1911–2008), American theoretical physicist
Archibald Cox (1912–2004), American lawyer, politician and US Solicitor General
David Stirling Archibald David Stirling (1915–1990), British army officer
Archibald Hall (1924–2002), Scottish serial killer
Archibald W. Singham (1932–1991), Sri Lankan Tamil political scientist and historian
Archibald Boyce Monwabisi Mafeje (1936–2007), commonly known as Archie Mafeje, was a South African anthropologist and activist
Archie Gemmill (b. 1947), Scottish Football Player (Hero of Mendoza, Argentina 1978)
Archie Manning (b. 1949), former National Football League player
Archie Thompson (b. 1978), Australian footballer
Archie Mountbatten-Windsor (b. 2019), British royal

People with the mononym or pseudonym

Archibald (musician), stage name of Leon Gross (1916–1973), American R&B musician
Archibald Peck, 2011 ring name of Robert Evans (wrestler) (b. 1983)
Archibald, a pseudonym of Waldemar Łysiak
Archibald Joyce, pseudonym of Arthur Joyce (1873–1963), British light music composer

Fictional characters with the given name

Archie Andrews (comics), the namesake character from Archie Comics
Archibald Asparagus, a character from the Christian video series, VeggieTales
Archie Bunker, a character in the sitcom All in the Family
Archibald Craven, uncle and adoptive father of the protagonist, Mary Lennox, in The Secret Garden
Archie Goodwin (character), a character in Rex Stout's mysteries
Archibald Grosvenor, a character in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera Patience
Captain Haddock, a character in The Adventures of Tintin
Archibald the Koala, animated children's television series
Archibald le Magi-chien, animated children's television series
Archibald "Archie" Mitchell, a character from the television soap opera EastEnders
Arcimboldo, a DC Comics character
Archie, a character played by Mark Strong in the film RocknRolla
Archie Wong, a character in Waterloo Road (TV series)
Archibald Archibaldovich, pirate and maitre d'hotel Griboyedev, a character in The Master and Margarita
Archibald Witwicky, a character from Transformers
Archibald MacGregor, a supporting character in Red Dead Redemption II
Archibald Yronwood, a minor character in A Song of Ice and Fire

References

^ Hanks, Patrick (2022). Dictionary of American Family Names (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. s. v. Archibald.
^ "Archibald". etymonline.com. Etymonline. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
^ "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of May 7, 1473". cardinals.fiu.edu.
^ Cheney, David M. "Milano {Milan} (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org.

[1] Hanks, Patrick (2022). Dictionary of American Family Names (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. s. v. Archibald.

[2] "Archibald". etymonline.com. Etymonline. Retrieved 13 October 2025.

[3] "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of May 7, 1473". cardinals.fiu.edu.

[4] Cheney, David M. "Milano {Milan} (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org.

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