Diebold family

Diebold is a surname of Germanic origin composed of the old Germanic words theud ‘people, race’ + bald, bold ‘bold, brave’ (see Theobald). It is related to the French name Thibault which shares the same origin. Notable people with the surname include: A. Richard Diebold Jr. (1934–2014), American linguistic anthropologist Albert Diebold (1895–1955), French rower Bernhard Diebold (1886–1945), Swiss journalist Charles Diebold (1824–1894), American industrialist Clarence Diebold (1881–1944), American football player Foster Diebold (1932–2018), American academic Francis X. Diebold (born 1959), American economist Gerald Diebold, American physicist John Diebold (1926–2005), American businessman Laure Diebold (1915–1965), French resistance member Paulo Diebold (1925–1983), Brazilian rower Ulrike Diebold (born 1961), Austrian physicist