as a Last Name
- 152,907
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Arnold
Meaning & Origins
English and German: from a very widely used personal name of Germanic origin, composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule’. In addition, it has probably absorbed various European cognates and their derivatives (for the forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
| 182nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 152,907
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Tennessee
- has the most people named Arnold per capita
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