Given name
Arlind
“a solemn, binding promise”
Arlind is a variant of Arlen. One interpretation is “a solemn, binding promise.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arlind is a variant of Arlen. One interpretation is “a solemn, binding promise.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Built from Albanian ar (“gold”) + lind (“to be born”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arlind through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 211
- 211 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,837 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −53%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,837 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 308 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Arlind
- Arlind AjetiAlbanian-Swiss association football playerborn 1993
- Arlind BashaKosovar footballerborn 1996
- Arlind NoraAlbanian footballerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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