Theobald is a Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements theo- "people" and bald "bold". Originating from Gotenburg and travelling with the Goths through Germany, the Roman Empire and into France, the name arrived in England with the Normans.
The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Tybalt (Shakespeare), in French Thibaut, Thibault, Thibeault, Thiébaut (etc.) and in Irish as Tiobóid.
Historical people called Theobald include:
- Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
- St. Theobald of Marly, Cistercian abbot
- St. Theobald of Provins, hermit
- Saint Théobald
- Lewis Theobald, an 18th-century editor of Shakespeare
- Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine
- Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine
- Theobald I of Blois
- Theobald II of Blois
- Theobald III of Blois, also known as Theobald I of Champagne
- Theobald II of Champagne, also known as Theobald IV of Blois
- Theobald III of Champagne
- Theobald IV of Champagne, also known as Theobald I of Navarre
- Theobald V of Champagne, also known as Theobald II of Navarre
- Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury 1138–1161
- Theobald, Bishop of Liège (died 1312)
- Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire
- Theobald Mathew, an Irish temperance reformer
- Theobald Mathew, an English Officer of Arms
- Theobald Stein, Danish sculptor
- Theobald Wolfe Tone, the leader of the 1798 United Irishmen's rising
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