Given name & surname
Arnaud
“the eagle ruler”
Arnaud is a form of Arnold. One German interpretation is “the eagle ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arnaud is a form of Arnold. One German interpretation is “the eagle ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arnaud is a form of Arnold. An origin associated with Arnold is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French use, Arnaud is used as a form of Arnold.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arnaud through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 5 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 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 854 as a first name in 2020; 1,384 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.
Arnaud’s family of names
Arnaud shares a linguistic root with Arnold. In French usage, Arnaud has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Arnaldo. Arnaud is a form of Arnold.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Arnaud has relatives in 17 languages.
15 related names in 17 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 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arnaud
- Arnaud ClémentFrench tennis playerborn 1977
- Arnaud DémareFrench cyclistborn 1991
- Arnaud MontebourgFrench politician, lawyer and entrepreneurborn 1962
- Arnaud KalimuendoFrench footballer (born 2002)
- Arnaud AmalricFrench archbishop1160–1225
- Arnaud Di PasqualeFrench tennis playerborn 1979
- Arnaud DesplechinFrench film director and screenwriter (born 1960)
- Arnaud DenjoyFrench mathematician (1884-1974)
- Arnaud NordinFrench association football playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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