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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from a Middle English personal name, either a reduced pet form of Jacob or the older personal name Cutebald, Cubald, a survival of Old English Cū{dh}beald, composed of the elements cū{dh} ‘famous’, ‘well-known’ + beald ‘bold’, ‘brave’.

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