Given name · also Old Norse
Arvid
“from the eagle's tree”
Arvid is used as a given name. One interpretation is “from the eagle's tree.”
Original Old NorseArnviðr
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from the eagle's tree.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
Its Old Norse formation brings together arn (“eagle”) and viðr (“wood, tree”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arvid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,167
- 3,167 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 100 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,323 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,323 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 100 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,207 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.
Arvid’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Arvid shares an earlier linguistic root with ARNVID. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Arvid has a related form in Arnviðr. In Swedish usage, Arvid has a conventional equivalent in the Old Norse form Arnviðr.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Arvid has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Arvid comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Arvicognate · Finnish, Estonian
- Arvocognate · Finnish
- Arnviddoublet · Norwegian Nynorsk
- Arvidafeminine form
- Arwidequivalent
- А́рвидRussian
- ArvīdsLatvian
- ArvidusLatin
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People named Arvid
- Arvid CarlssonSwedish neuroscientist1923–2018
- Arvid LindbladBritish racing driverborn 2007
- Arvid PosseSwedish 19th century prime minister (1820-1901)
- Arvid August AfzeliusSwedish clergyman, poet, historian, mythologist and botanist (1785 – 1871)
- Arvid HornSwedish politician (1664-1742)
- Arvid GenetzFinnish writer, politician and linguist (1848-1915)
- Arvid Holmberggymnast1886–1958
- Arvid JärnefeltFinnish jurist and writer (1861–1932)
- Arvid ThörnSwedish footballer (1911-1986)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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