Last Name ARCHIBALD

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Meaning	The son of Archibald. German, Erchanbald. Powerful, bold. The same as 'Ercheribald,' a powerful, bold, and speedy learner or observer. In the Gaelic this name is called Gillespie - a favorite name with the Scotch.

Origin	English, Scottish, German, Irish, Belgian

Rank	4,214 (2000 US census)	3,453 (1990 US census)

Count	7,794 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

76.65%, or 5974 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
18.44%, or 1437 total occurrences, as black,
0.68%, or 53 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.26%, or 20 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.54%, or 120 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.44%, or 190 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Shortest baby names

We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

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Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte