What is "berchtold"

Berchtold (also Berthold, Bertold, Bertolt) is a German given name, from the Old High German beruht "bright" or "brightly" and waltan "rule over". The name comes into fashion in the German High Middle Ages, from about the 11th century. The cognate Old English name is Beorhtwald, attested as the name of an archbishop in the 8th century. Berchtold appears also as the name of the leader of the Wild Hunt in German folklore of the 16th century. The name is here replacing the female Perchta.

Berchtold may refer to

• Dietmar Berchtold (born 1974), Austrian football midfielder
• Friedrich von Berchtold (1781–1876), Moravian botanist and physician.
• Hubert Berchtold, Austrian former alpine skier
• Joseph Berchtold (1897–1963), Nazi Party member and Reich Leader of the SS
• Count Leopold Berchtold (1863–1942), Austro-Hungarian foreign minister at the outbreak of World War I
• Manuela Berchtold (born 1977), Australian freestyle skier
• Ernestus Berchtold, an 1819 novel by John William Polidori, or the main character of the same name

Berchtold may refer to:

• Berchtold, given name
• Berchtold (surname)