MEANING & HISTORY
What does Arnulfo mean?
Arnulfo is the Spanish form of Arnulf. The Germanic base combines arn, eagle, and wolf, wolf.
Both animal elements are present in the historical compound, rather than one being a later symbolic addition. Early saints and a medieval emperor bore Arnulf, helping transmit the name family. The final o is part of its Spanish adaptation.
The animal imagery belongs to traditional name formation and does not describe a modern bearer’s temperament.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
From German Arnulf derived from Germanic elements German arn (“eagle”) and German ulf (“wolf”).
a male given name, equivalent to English Arnulf
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People with the name Arnulfo
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Arnulfo Fuentebella
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2000 to 2001
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Arnulfo Fuentebella
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Arnulfo in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Arnulfo
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Arnolfo♂Eagle and wolf, through Arnulf
- Arnulf♂Eagle and wolf
- Arnaldo♂Eagle power
- Arnoldo♂Eagle and power; form of Arnold
- Adolfo♂Noble wolf
- Arnel♂Modern blend using Ar- and -nel name components
- Arnold♂Eagle and power
- Arturo♂Spanish and Italian form of Arthur
What rhymes with Arnulfo?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Arnulfo further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q4795442 — Arnulfo (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Arnulfo Fuentebella (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q4795442 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Arnulfo (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Arnulfo (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Arnulf (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.