Given name & surname
Arney
“resembling an eagle”
Arney is a variant of Arne. One interpretation is “resembling an eagle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arney is a variant of Arne. One interpretation is “resembling an eagle.”
Explained through its name family
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
Arney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 67
- 67 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 11 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 1959. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 114 as a first name in 2020; 3,059 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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