Berchtold
Berchtold is a Germanic name, from the Old High German beruht "bright" or "brightly" and waltan "rule over". The name comes into fashion in the German High Middle Ages, from about the 11th century. The cognate Old English name is Beorhtwald, attested as the name of an archbishop in the 8th century.
Berchtold appears also as the name of the leader of the Wild Hunt in German folklore of the 16th century. The name is here replacing the female Perchta.List
Notable people with the name include:Given name
- Bertulf is in some chronicles also attested as "Berthold"
- Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
- Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia
- Berthold II, Duke of Swabia
- Saint Berthold, Berthold of Parma
- Blessed Berthold of Garsten abbot
- Blessed Berchtold of Engelberg abbot
- Saint Bertold, Berthold of Calabria crusader monk
- Berthold of Hanover abbot
- Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen
- Berthold, Margrave of Baden
Surname
- Dietmar Berchtold, Austrian football midfielder
- Friedrich von Berchtold, Moravian botanist and physician.
- Joseph Berchtold, Nazi Party member and Reich Leader of the SS
- Count Leopold Berchtold, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister at the outbreak of World War I
- Manuela Berchtold, Australian freestyle skier
