Meaning & origin
How it developed
Arbi is a diminutive of Arbër. Arbi is a short form of Arbër.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arbi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 341 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arbi’s family of names
Arbi is a diminutive of Arbër. Arbi is a short form of Arbër.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Arbi
- Arbi BarayevChechen warlord (1973–2001)
- Arby OvanessianIranian film director, writer and playwrightborn 1942
- Arbi MezhiyevRussian association football playerborn 1993
- Arbi SanitIndonesian political scientist1939–2021
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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