Berthold is a Germanic given name and surname. It is derived from two elements, berht ('bright') and wald ('(to) rule'). A variant is Berchtold.
People with the given name Berthold
- Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, (900–947), German duke
- Berthold of Zwiefalten, (c.1089-1169), German abbot and historian
- Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906-1963), German aristocrat
- Berthold of Garsten (died 1142), Austrian prelate
- Berthold of Parma (died 1111), Italian Benedictine lay brother and saint
- Berthold (patriarch of Aquileia) (1180–1251), Hungarian archbishop and patriarch
- Berthold of Ratisbon (1210–1272), German monk
- Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German-Jewish poet and author
- Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German dramatist
- Berthold Englisch (1851-1897), Austrian-Jewish chess master
- Berthold Laufer (1874-1934), German anthropologist and historical geographer with an expertise in East Asian languages
- Berthold Lubetkin (1901—1990), Russian architect
- Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905—1944), German aristocrat and lawyer
- Berthold Schwarz, semi-legendary inventor of gunpowder
- Berthold Viertel (1953-1953), Austrian screenwriter and film director
- Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen (1125–1186)
People with the surname Berthold
- Arnold Adolph Berthold (1803-1861), German physiologist and zoologist
- Avgust Berthold (1880–1919), Slovene photographer
- David Berthold, Australian theatre director
- Rudolf Berthold (1891–1920), German WWI flying ace
- Thomas Berthold (born 1964), soccer coach
- Richard Berthold (born 1946), American professor of history (retired)
See also
- Berchtold
- Bertholdt Hoover, a fictional character in the anime/manga series Attack on Titan
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