Berthold is a Germanic, masculine given name and surname. It is derived from two elements, berht ('bright') and wald ('(to) rule'). Variants include Berchtold and Bertolt.
Notable people with the name include:
Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906–1963), German aristocrat
Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, (900–947), German duke
Berthold Englisch (1851–1897), Austrian-Jewish chess master
Berthold Suhle (1837–1904), German chess master
Berthold Teusner (1907–1992), Australian politician Berthold of Toul, bishop of Toul
Berthold Wehmeyer (1925–1949), German murderer Berthold Weisz (1845–1915), Hungarian industrialist and deputy Berthold Wiese (1859–1932), German Romance philologist
Berthold Wulf (1926–2012), German priest, poet and philosopher Berthold III, Duke of Zähringen (1085–1122), Duke of Zähringen
Berthold of Zwiefalten, (1169), German abbot and historian
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