Arabella
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Arabella is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Latin/English; possibly 'yielding to prayer'.
- USUnited States1 in 20K(measured from records)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 32K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 66K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 269 (measured from records)
- 1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)
16,362 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Latin/English; possibly 'yielding to prayer'
Sources 1
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Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Arabella counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 16,362 | 1 in 20K | 16K | Arabella | 269 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 160K | — | Arabella | 46 |
| PH Philippines | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 79K | — | Arabella | 52 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 66K | 1.2K | Arabella | 151 |
| AU Australia | ≈800 est. | ≈1 in 32K | 54 | Arabella | 117 |
| EE Estonia | ≈35 est. | ≈1 in 35K | 22 | Arabella | 9 |
16,362 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Siseministeerium — newborn names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Arabella is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Of uncertain origin; probably an altered form of An(n)abella (see Annabel). It occurs in Scotland and the North of
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, probably from Latin or Scottish usage
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In English, Latin; beautiful altar
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In German, ) Arabelle: weibl. Vom., wahr- scheinHch schottischer Herkunft, vielleicht
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Scottish and English: of uncertain etymology. It probably represents an alteration of An(n)abella (see ANNABEL ). Variant: Arabel (now rare, but commoner in earlier centuries, when it was also sometimes found as Or bel, apparently altered by folk etymology to conform with Latin or bilis invokable (from or re to pray to), i.e. a saint who could be invoked) .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Arabella Churchillb. 1648GBMistress of James II of England (1648-1730)
- Arabella Mansfieldb. 1846USAmerican lawyer and suffragist (1846–1911)
- Arabella Huntingtonb. 1850USAmerican art collector (1850-1924)
- Arabella Árbenzb. 1940GTGuatemalan fashion model and actress
- Arabella Kennedyb. 1956USstillborn daughter of United States President John Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy
- Arabella Weirb. 1957GBBritish comedian, actress, writer
- Arabella Fieldb. 1965USAmerican actress
- Arabella Steinbacherb. 1981DEGerman violinist
- Gracia Baurb. 1982DEnot in their usual nameGerman singer
- Arabella Stantonb. 2014GBBritish actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 75 sources across 40 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 16K | #1,811 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 1.4K | — |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 1.2K | #30 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 548 | #269 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 73 | #57 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2022 | 54 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2022 | 54 | #95 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2022 | 54 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | 24 | #87 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 23 | #1,811 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — newborn names | 2024 | 22 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2017 | 13 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Arabella mean, and where does it come from?
- Latin/English; possibly 'yielding to prayer' Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- Is Arabella a male or female name?
- Arabella is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Arabella?
- In the etymology graph, Anabel, Annabelle and Anabella are forms of the same name in other languages; Mae, Mabel and Mable are recorded short or pet forms.
- How common is the name Arabella?
- In the United States, the national register counted 16,362 people named Arabella in 2020, about 1 in 20 thousand residents.
- In which country does Arabella have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 16 thousand people named Arabella, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arabella.
- Where is Arabella most common?
- Arabella is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 20 thousand people carrying it.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/arabellaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Arabella”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.