Given name & surname · also Old High German
Arnulf
“eagle”·“wolf”
Arnulf is a masculine given name from Old High German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arnulf is built from elements meaning “eagle” and “wolf”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Arnulf comes from Old High German, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old High German *Arnwolf, from Proto-Germanic *Arôwulfaz, built from Old High German arn (“eagle”) + wulf (“wolf”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Arnulf’s family of names
Arnulf has a short form in Arno. In German usage, Arnulf has a later derivative in ARNULFO.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arnulf
- Arnulf of Carinthiaking of East Francia850–899
- Arnulf of MetzFrankish bishop582–641
- Arnulf, Duke of BavariaGerman duke885–937
- Arnulf RainerAustrian artist (1929–2025)
- Arnulf of ChocquesLatin Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1099 and from 1112 to 11181060–1118
- Prince Arnulf of BavariaBavarian prince (1852-1907)
- Arnulf of LeuvenBelgian poet and abbot1200–1250
- Arnulf of ChampagneFrench aristocrat
- Arnulf BaringGerman lawyer, writer and academic (1932–2019)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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