Given name
Arnelle
“the eagle rules”·“the eagle ruler”
Arnelle is a feminine form of Arnold. One German interpretation is “the eagle ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Arnelle carries the interpretation “the eagle rules.” Arnelle is a feminine form of Arnold. One German interpretation is “the eagle ruler.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Arnelle is used as a feminine counterpart of Arnold.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arnelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 161
- 0 boys · 161 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 51 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 girls is 7 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 51 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 291 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.
Arnelle’s family of names
Arnelle is a feminine form of Arnold. Arnelle has a related form in Arnel. Arnelle has a related form in Arnell.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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