Given name & surname
Arnis
Arnis is a masculine given name. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Arnis 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 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arnis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 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 5 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1953. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 129 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.
Arnis’s family of names
In Greek usage, Arnis as a surname is a transliteration of Άρνης. In Greek usage, Arnis as a surname is a transliteration of Αρνής.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arnis
- Arnis MednisLatvian singerborn 1961
- Arnis LīcītisLatvian actor (1946–2022)
- Arnis RumbenieksLatvian track and field athlete (born 1988)
- Arnis VecvagarsLatvian basketball player and coach (born 1974)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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