Given name & surname

Arnau

Arnau is a masculine given name from Frankish. It is used in Catalan.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Arnau comes from Frankish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Frankish *Arnuwald.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Arnau’s family of names

In Catalan usage, Arnau has a conventional equivalent in the English form Arnold. In Catalan usage, Arnau has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Arnaldo. In Catalan usage, Arnau has a conventional equivalent in the French form Arnaud.

Walk Arnau’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Arnau has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Frankish roots to each of them.

Frankish

4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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“battle”

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