Given name

Arnob

“ocean, sea”

Arnob is a masculine given name from Bengali, meaning “ocean, sea.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Arnob means “ocean, sea.”

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Where it comes from

Arnob comes from Bengali.

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How it developed

A transliteration of Bengali অর্ণব.

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Arnob through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2011
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01232025Highest share 20110.0
Arnob in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2011–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Arnob’s family of names

In English usage, Arnob shares an earlier linguistic root with ARNAV. In English usage, Arnob shares an earlier linguistic root with ARNAB.

Walk Arnob’s family in the name graph

ArnobArnav

The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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