Arnulfo
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Germánico Arnulf; arn ‘águila’ + ulf ‘lobo’, ‘águila-lobo’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/arnulfo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Arnulfo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 2.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- HNHonduras≈1 in 2.6K
- NINicaragua≈1 in 2.7K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 281 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈43,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Germánico Arnulf; arn ‘águila’ + ulf ‘lobo’, ‘águila-lobo’.
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Arnulfo 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #585 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | 24K | Arnulfo | 83 |
| CO Colombia | #481 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.2K | 6 | Arnulfo | 97 |
| US United States | — | 11,449 | 1 in 29K | 11K | Arnulfo | 281 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈7,700 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Arnulfo | 7 |
| GT Guatemala | #195 | ≈4,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.2K | — | Arnulfo | 24 |
| HN Honduras | #131 | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Arnulfo | 24 |
| NI Nicaragua | #170 | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Arnulfo | 17 |
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; Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; the co-datosgov-candidates register. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Arnulfo Arias Madridb. 1901PAPresident of Panama (1901-1988)
- Óscar Arnulfo Romerob. 1917SVfourth archbishop of San Salvador (1917–1980)
- Arnulfo Pozob. 1945ECEcuadorian cyclist
- Arnulfo Fuentebellab. 1945PHSpeaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2000 to 2001
- Arnulfo Mendozab. 1954MXMexican artist
- Arnulfo Cordero Alfonzob. 1955MXMexican politician
- Arnulfo Mejía Rojasb. 1956MXMexican lawyer
- Arnulfo Obandob. 1962NINicaraguan boxing coach
- Arnulfo Valentierrab. 1974COColombian footballer
- Arnulfo Gonzálezb. 1991MXMexican association football player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 37 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 11K | #2,264 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 119 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 111 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1996 | 105 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1994 | 104 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 103 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 98 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 98 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 97 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1951 | 96 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1980 | 95 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1949 | 93 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 Arnulfo mean?
- Recorded meaning: Germánico Arnulf; arn ‘águila’ + ulf ‘lobo’, ‘águila-lobo’.
- How do you pronounce Arnulfo?
- A machine transcription gives /arnulfo/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Arnulfo a male or female name?
- Arnulfo is a male 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.
- In which country does Arnulfo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 43 thousand people named Arnulfo in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arnulfo.
- How common is the name Arnulfo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,449 people named Arnulfo in 2020, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
- How common is Arnulfo compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Arnulfo is the 585th most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/arnulfoThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Arnulfo” — the 585th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.