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 Albrecht (1954–2012), German businessman
Berthold II, Count of Andechs (before 1105 – 1151), German nobleman
Berthold (patriarch of Aquileia) (c. 1182 – 1251), German-Hungarian archbishop
Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German poet and author
Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906–1963), German aristocrat
Berthold Bartosch (1893–1968), German Bohemian filmmaker and animator
Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, (900–947), German duke
Berthold Beitz (1913–2013), German industrialist
Berthold Benecke (1843–1886), German anatomist and embryologist
Berthold von Bernstorff (1842–1917), German politician, forester and landowner
Berthold von Buchegg (died 1353), Bishop of Strasbourg
Berthold of Calabria (died 1195), French crusader
Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia, Duke of Carinthia from 1061 to 1077Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Berthold of Chiemsee (1465–1543), German bishop and theological writer
Berthold C. Coburn (1899–1956), American politician
Berthold Damcke (1812–1875), German conductor and composer
Berthold von Deimling (1853–1944), German general
Berthold Delbrück (1842–1922), German linguist
Berthold Ebbecke (1906–1969), German actor and screenwriter
Berthold Englisch (1851–1897), Austrian-Jewish chess master
Berthold Epstein (1890–1962), Czech pediatrician
Berthold Feiwel (1875–1937), Austrian-Jewish activist and poet
Berthold Fernow (1837–1908), American historian and librarian
Berthold Furtmeyr (fl. 1740–1501), German artist
Berthold of Garsten (1060–1142), Austrian abbot
Berthold Gersons (born 1945), Dutch psychiatrist and psychotraumatologist
Berthold Goldschmidt (1903–1996), German Jewish composer
Berthold Graßmuck (1917–1942), German World War II fighter pilot
Berthold Grünfeld (1932–2007), Norwegian psychiatrist
Berthold Guthmann (1893–1944), German lawyer and soldier
Berthold of Hanover (fl. 12th century), German bishop
Berthold Hatschek (1854–1941), Austrian zoologist
Berthold Held (1868–1931), German actor and director
Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen (1272–1340), German nobleman
Berthold von Henneberg (1442–1504), Roman Catholic archbishop
Berthold Hochschild (1860–1928), German American mining magnate
Berthold Hoeckner, German musicologist
Berthold K.P. Horn (born 1943), American computer scientist
Berthold Huber (born 1950), German trade union leader
Berthold I of Istria (1110–1188), Margrave of Istria
Berthold Jacob (1898–1944), German journalist and pacifist
Berthold II von Katzenelnbogen, 13th-century German nobleman
Berthold Keller (1927–2012), German trade union leader
Berthold Kempinski (1843–1910), Prussian wine merchant
Berthold Koch (1899–1988), German chess player
Berthold Kohler (born 1961), German journalist
Berthold Korts (1912–1943), German World War II fighter pilot
Berthold Landauer (died 1430s), German painter
Berthold II of Landsberg (died 1502), Bishop of Verden and Hildesheim
Berthold Lasker (1860–1928), German physician, writer and chess master
Berthold Laufer (1874–1934), German American Sinologist
Berthold Leibinger (1930–2018), German businessman
Berthold Litzmann (1857–1926), German literary historian
Berthold Lubetkin (1901–1990), Georgian-British architect
Berthold of Moosburg (died after 1361), Neoplatonic philosopher and theologian
Berthold Müller-Oerlinghausen (1893–1979), German sculptor
Berthold Nebel (1889–1964), American sculptor
Berthold Neumoegen (1845–1895), American entomologist
Berthold von Oberg (died 1494), German Roman Catholic prelate
Berthold Oppenheim (1867–1942), Moravian rabbi
Berthold Ostertag (1895–1975), German pathologist and physician
Berthold Otto (1859–1933), German educator
Berthold of Parma (died 1111), Italian Roman Catholic saint
Berthold Possemeyer (born 1951), German baritone
Berthold of Ratisbon (died 1272), German monk
Berthold of Reichenau (died c. 1088), German Benedictine monk and chronicler
Berthold Rembolt (died 1518), German-French printer
Berthold Ribbentrop, Late 19th century forestry official in India
Berthold Ruppel (died 1490s), German printer
Berthold von Schenk (1895–1974), American Lutheran pastor
Berthold E. Schwarz (1924–2010), American psychiatrist and paranormal investigator
Berthold of Schweinfurt (died 980), German nobleman
Berthold Carl Seemann (1825–1871), German botanist
Berthold Seitz (born 1962), German university teacher
Berthold Sigismund (1819–1864), German physician and writer
Berthold Slupik (1928–1992), German modern pentathlete
Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (born 1934), German retired Bundeswehr general
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905–1944), German aristocrat and lawyer
Berthold Stein (1847–1899), Polish botanist
Berthold Sterneck (1887–1943), Austrian operatic bass
Berthold Suhle (1837–1904), German chess master
Berthold I, Duke of Swabia, Eleventh-century German noblePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Berthold II, Duke of Swabia, Duke of Swabia from 1092 to 1098Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Berthold Teusner (1907–1992), Australian politician
Berthold of Toul, bishop of Toul
Berthold Tours (1838–1897), Dutch composer
Berthold I, Count of Tyrol (died 1180), Count of Tyrol
Berthold Ullman (1882–1965), American classical scholar
Berthold of Urslingen (1217–1234), German nobleman
Berthold Viertel (1885–1953), Austrian screenwriter and film director
Berthold Warnecke (born 1971), German opera director
Berthold Wehmeyer (1925–1949), German murderer
Berthold Weisz (1845–1915), Hungarian industrialist and deputy
Berthold Wiese (1859–1932), German Romance philologist
Berthold Wolpe (1905–1989), German typographer and designer
Berthold Woltze (1829–1896), German genre painter
Berthold Wulf (1926–2012), German priest, poet and philosopher
Berthold III, Duke of Zähringen (1085–1122), Duke of Zähringen
Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen (c. 1125–1186)Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets, Rector of Burgundy
Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen (1160–1218)Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets, Duke of Zähringen
Berthold of Zwiefalten, (c. 1089 – 1169), German abbot and historian