Arabell

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Arabell by the numbers

Arabell was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Arabell

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arabell. 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)
  • Arabelleyielding to prayer; a form of Arabella145 in the US (2017)
  • Arabelayielding to prayer; a form of Arabella6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arabelyielding to prayer; a form of Arabella7 in the US (2017)
  • Anabell24 in the US (2017)
  • Anabellegrace and beauty; a form of Annabel266 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Arabell

Names that are said the same way as Arabell, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Arabell

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