Given name & surname
Arnett
“resembling a little eagle”
Arnett is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “resembling a little eagle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “resembling a little eagle.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arnett through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,373
- 1,298 boys · 75 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 35 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 7 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 35 in 1951. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 683 as a first name in 2020; 15,594 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.
Arnett’s family of names
Arnett has a related form in Arnette. Arnett has a related form in Arnet. Arnett has a related form in Arnat.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Arnett
- Arnett MoultrieAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
- Arnett CobbAmerican jazz tenor saxophonist (1918-1989)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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