Given name
Æþelbald
“noble”·“bold, brave”
Æþelbald is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Æþelbald is built from elements meaning “noble” and “bold, brave”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Aþalabalþ, built from Proto-West Germanic *aþal (“noble”) + *balþ (“bold, brave”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Æþelbald’s family of names
In Old English usage, Æþelbald shares a linguistic root with the Old Dutch form Athalbalt.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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