Where does “Tippett” come from?

Tippett is an English surname derived from the personal name Theobald, which comes from Old French Tibaut.

Ancestry of “Tippett”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTheobald—
2Proto-Germanic*Þeudubalþ—
3Proto-Germanic*balþ—
4Proto-Germanicbalþazstrong, bold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic balþaz →