Teobaldo

Teobaldo is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian form of a Germanic name composed of the elements theud, meaning people or folk, and bald, meaning bold or brave, giving the overall sense of one who is bold among the people. The name entered Iberian and Italian usage through medieval Latin transmission of the Frankish personal name that also produced the French Thibault and the English Theobald. A notable bearer was Teobaldo I of Navarre, a thirteenth-century king and troubadour poet who composed celebrated lyric verse in Old French. Related forms include Theobald, Thibault, Thibaut, and Tibaldo.