MEANING & HISTORY
What does Arnold mean?
Arnold continues a Germanic compound built from an element for eagle and another for power or rule. Its route into English passed through a French form, and the Cebuano account records an English borrowing. Arnaldo and other language forms can be compared through the shared history.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
The cited sources trace Arnold through Germanic / English / French.
Wiktionary records Arnold as a personal name in Cebuano, English.
Dictionary accounts by language
Cebuano
Wiktionary: Arnold (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
English
Wiktionary: Arnold (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Arnold
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Arnold Clavio
Filipino journalist
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Arnold Atienza
Filipino taekwondo practitioners
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Similar names to Arnold
Explore names with a similar opening or ending.
- Arnoldo♂Eagle and power; form of Arnold
- Arnaldo♂Eagle power
- Arnel♂Modern blend using Ar- and -nel name components
- Arno♂Short form of Arnoud or Arnold
- Arnolfo♂Eagle and wolf, through Arnulf
- Arnulf♂Eagle and wolf
- Harold♂Army and rule
- Ardot♂Cebuano familiar form of Ricardo
Recorded combinations with Arnold
2 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
- Amelito Arnold♂
- Arnold James♂Arnold: Eagle and power; James: English Jacob-family form through Latin Iacomus
Explore Arnold further
Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 20 elected-candidate records · ODbL 1.0
- Wikidata
- 8 person records with this given name · Q3623461 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata given-name item Q3623461 — Arnold (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Arnold Atienza (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Arnold Clavio (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Arnold (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Arnold (English) (opens in a new tab)