Arnaldur
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/artnaltʏr/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Arnaldur is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Iceland. Recorded meaning: From Old Norse Arnaldr, from Old High German Arnwald.
- ISIceland
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Old NorseArnaldr(measured from records)
- Old High GermanArnwald(measured from records)
From Old Norse Arnaldr, from Old High German Arnwald.
Sources 2
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
- Arnaldurb. 1050bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
- Arnaldur Indriðasonb. 1961ISIcelandic crime writer, former journalist and film critic
- Einar Arnaldur Melaxb. 1962ISIcelandic composer
- Arnaldur SigurðarsonISIcelandic politician
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 7 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 123 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 5 | #46,160 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 5 | #10,934 |
| FO Faroe Islands | Fólkanavnalistin — official advisory list of given names (Navnanevndin) | — | — | — |
| IS Iceland | Mannanafnaskrá — official register of approved personal names | — | — | — |
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 Arnaldur mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old Norse Arnaldr, from Old High German Arnwald. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- How do you pronounce Arnaldur?
- A machine transcription gives /artnaltʏr/ (IPA) for Icelandic.
- Is Arnaldur a male or female name?
- Arnaldur 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 Arnaldur have the most bearers?
- Arnaldur is most frequently recorded in Iceland.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/arnaldurThe 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, “Arnaldur”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.