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Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements ''erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious"〔c.f. Old English ''eorcnan-stan'' "precious stone, gem". Pokorny (1959) tentatively grouped the word with PIE '' *arǵ-'' "glittering, shining", whence Latin ''argentum'' "silver"), but Gothic ''ark-'' may also represent an early loan from Greek ἀρχι- ("arch-", c.f. Ulfilan Gothic ''arkaggilus'' for ''archangelus''), i.e. precisely the element with which the first element in this name was again associated by popular etymology in the medieval period. Formerly (Diefenbach 1851) also compared to Sanskrit ''arh-'' "to be worthy".〕) and ''bald'' "bold". Medieval forms include Old High German ''Erchambald, Erkanbold, Erkanbald'' and Anglo-Saxon ''Eorcenbald''. Erkanbald, bishop of Strasbourg (d. 991) was also rendered ''Archaunbault'' in Old French. The Anglo-Saxon name did not survive, and the modern given name in English derives from the introduction of the Old French name, with a secondary association of its first element with the Greek prefix ''archi-'' meaning "chief, master", to Norman England in the high medieval period. The form ''Archibald'' became particularly popular among Scottish nobility in the later medieval to early modern periods, whence usage as a surname is derived by the 18th century, found especially in Nova Scotia and in Scotland. ==Given name== English diminutives or hypocorisms include ''Archibald, Arch, Archy, Archie, Baldie''. Variants include French ''Archambault, Archaimbaud, Archenbaud, Archimbaud'', Italian ''Archimboldo, Arcimbaldo, Arcimboldo'', Portuguese '' Arquibaldo, Arquimbaldo'' and Spanish ''Archibaldo''. Archibald is used as the anglicization of the (unrelated) Gaelic given name ''Gille Easbuig'' (also anglicized as ''Gillespie''). The given name Archibald was comparatively popular in the United States in the late 19th century, peaking at rank 290 in 1890, but it rapidly fell out of fashion in the early 20th century, falling below rank 1,000 in popularity during the 1920s.〔(US statistics cited after behindthename.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archibald (name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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