Given name · also Bengali
Arnab
“sea”
Arnab is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “sea.”
Where it comes from
Arnab comes from Bengali, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
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How it developed
A transliteration of Bengali অর্ণব, from Sanskrit अर्णव.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arnab through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 32 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 6 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 575 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.
Arnab’s family of names
In English usage, Arnab shares an earlier linguistic root with ARNAV. In English usage, Arnab shares an earlier linguistic root with ARNOB.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arnab
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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