Given name & surname
Arnaldo
“the eagle ruler”
Arnaldo is a form of Arnold. One German interpretation is “the eagle ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arnaldo is a form of Arnold. One German interpretation is “the eagle ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arnaldo is a form of Arnold. An origin associated with Arnold is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian use, Arnaldo is used as a form of Arnold.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arnaldo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,083
- 2,083 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 90 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,182 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,182 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 90 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,826 as a first name in 2020; 206 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arnaldo’s family of names
Arnaldo shares a linguistic root with Arnold. In Italian usage, Arnaldo has a conventional equivalent in the Danish form Arne. Arnaldo has a related form in Arnold.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Arnaldo has relatives in 7 languages.
5 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ArneDanish
- Arnolequivalent
- ArnaudFrench
- Aarneequivalent
- Arnequivalent
- АрнольдRussian
- ArnauCatalan
- Arnauldequivalent
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People named Arnaldo
- Arnaldo ForlaniItalian politician (1925–2023)
- Arnaldo Tamayo MéndezCuban cosmonautborn 1942
- Arnaldo OtegiBasque pro-independence politicianborn 1958
- Arnaldo PomodoroItalian sculptor (1926–2025)
- Arnaldo OchoaCuban general (1940-1989)
- Arnaldo PambiancoItalian racing cyclist (1935–2022)
- Arnaldo Mesaboxer (1967–2012)
- EdinhoPortuguese footballerborn 1982
- Arnaldo CarliItalian track cyclist, 1920 Olympic gold team pursuit (1901–1983)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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