Show ContentsTipple History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Tipple was first brought to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name is derived from a common continental personal name, rendered as "Theobald," "Teobaud," or "Thiebaut" in Old French, and as "Theudobald" or "Thiotbald" in Old Germanic, all composed of two elements meaning "people" and "bold" respectively. The modern English surname "Theobald" is a learned form of this ancient personal name.

"In the 13th century century Tibbe was used as a pet-name for both men and women, from Isabel or Tibald (Theobald). The latter interchanged with Tebbe." 1

Early Origins of the Tipple family

The surname Tipple was first found in the Domesday Book of 1086; several bearers of Tipple as a personal name were recorded as landowners after the Norman Conquest, particularly in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, and Suffolk. The first recorded instance as a surname occurred in 1199, where Tomas Teobald was living in Gloucestershire.

Theobald or Tedbaldus (d. 1161), was Archbishop of Canterbury and came of a Norman family of knightly rank who settled near Thierceville, in the neighbourhood of Bec Hellouin. "He became a monk of Bec between 1093 and 1124, was made prior in 1127, and elected abbot in 1137. The see of Canterbury having been vacant since the death of William of Corbeil in 1136, the prior of Christ Church and a deputation of monks were summoned before King Stephen and the legate Alberic, and on 24 Dec. 1138 elected Theobald archbishop. " 2

Early History of the Tipple family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tipple research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1199, 1601, 1688, 1744 and 1760 are included under the topic Early Tipple History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tipple Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Theobald, Theobalds, Diebold, Theobold, Tubald, Tudball, Dipple, Diebald, Teupel, Diepelt, Dewalt and many more.

Early Notables of the Tipple family

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United States Tipple migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tipple Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • James Tipple, who arrived in Maryland in 1660 3
Tipple Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Edwin A. Tipple, aged 22, who immigrated to the United States, in 1894
Tipple Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Mrs. Ezra Squier D. D. Tipple, who landed in America, in 1906
  • Silva Tipple, aged 9, who immigrated to the United States, in 1910
  • Elizabeth Tipple, aged 8, who settled in America, in 1910
  • Ezra S. Tipple, aged 49, who landed in America, in 1910
  • Bertrand Martin Tipple, aged 41, who landed in America, in 1910
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Canada Tipple migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tipple Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Mr. John Tipple U.E. who settled in Osnabruck [South Stormont], Stormont County, Ontario c. 1786 he served in the Royal Regiment of New York 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Tipple (post 1700) +

  • Wilson E. Tipple, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928; Candidate for New York State Senate 4th District, 1930
  • James E. Tipple (b. 1947), American politician, Mayor of Wausau, Wisconsin, 2004-
  • Horatio S. Tipple, American Republican politician, Postmaster at North Greenfield, Wisconsin, 1901-02; West Allis, Wisconsin, 1902-07


  1. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  2. Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
  3. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  4. Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X


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