Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Arnim isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arnim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 7 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 1916. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 110 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.
Arnim’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arnim
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Arnim, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Arno
“an eagle-wolf”
>99% boys
Albin
“from the white hill white-” · “from the white hill; whiteskinned”
>99% boys
Arta
“lofty hill; noble” · “rock”
78% boys · 22% girls
Armand
“of the army; a soldier”
>99% boys
Odie
“a sweet melody” · “one who is wealthy”
>99% boys
Einer
“a leading warrior”
>99% boys
Alphonse
“prepared for battle; eager and ready”
>99% boys
Aloysius
Aloysius is a masculine given name from Occitan.
>99% boys