Arabela
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning yielding to prayer; a form of Arabella.
Arabela by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Arabela. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Arabella
Like Arabela, each of these traces back to Arabella: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Arabelleyielding to prayer; a form of Arabella145 in the US (2017)
- Arabella-Graceyielding to prayer and divine favor; a form of Arabella10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arabella-Raeyielding to prayer; compound of Arabella and Rae6 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arabela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Arabellayielding to prayer; beautiful altar1,368 in England and Wales (2025)
- Anabelagraceful, favored; a form of Annabel12 in the US (2017)
- Arabelyielding to prayer; a form of Arabella7 in the US (2017)
- Arabell8 in the US (2017)
- Anabellalovable grace; a form of annabel244 in the US (2017)
- Aracelialtar of heaven225 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Arabela
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