Given name
Heribald
“army”·“bold, brave”
Heribald is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old High German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Heribald is built from elements meaning “army” and “bold, brave”.
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How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Harjabalþ, built from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *balþ (“bold, brave”).
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Heribald’s family of names
In Old High German usage, Heribald shares a linguistic root with the Old English form Herebeald. In Old High German usage, Heribald has a related form in Eribald. In Old High German usage, Heribald has a related form in Eripald.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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