Arnold
Boy nameArnold has been given to 104,396 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1924.
Meaning & origin /ˈɑːnəld/
From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-West Germanic *Arnuwald, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”). For the first part of the word doublet of erne, ornis, and ornitho-API. Compare the Latin male given name and cognomen Aquila, and female given name Aquilīna (whence Russian Акули́на (Akulína)), related to aquila (whence eagle).
Origin: Germanic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
104,396
Peak year
1924 (2,031 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +26%
Gender split
1% girls / 99% boys
Famous people named Arnold
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
Arnold Schoenberg
Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951)
Arnold J. Toynbee
British historian (1889–1975)
Arnold Sommerfeld
German physicist (1868-1951)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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