Arlette

A girls’ name of Old German origin, meaning eagle; a form of Arla or Arlene.

Babies a year
234
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#494
up from #584
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

How Arlette has moved

US popularity rank, 2018–2025. Lower is more popular.
#413#743#1073201820222025#494

View as table
YearUS rank
2018#894
2019#965
2021#992
2022#800
2023#731
2024#584
2025#494

Arlette by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Arlette. In the US, 234 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 the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 254 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Arla

Like Arlette, each of these traces back to Arla: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Arla82 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arla-Roseeagle lake; a form of Arla with Rose9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arlyeagle lake; variant of Arla or Arlo9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arla-Raeeagle; a form of Arla with Rae suffix5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arlieagle; diminutive of Arla or Arlene4 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that come from Arlene

Like Arlette, each of these traces back to Arlene: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Arleenpledge or oath; a form of Arlene47 in the US (2017)
  • Arlenaeagle; a form of Arlene18 in the US (2017)
  • Arlieagle; diminutive of Arla or Arlene4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arliaheagle lake; a form of Arlie or Arlene4 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arlette. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Arletteagle; a form of Arlette53 in the US (2017)
  • Annettegrace; diminutive form of Anne196 in the US (2017)
  • Arlenepledge or oath; a form of Arleen152 in the US (2017)
  • Alettawinged; a form of Aleta25 in the US (2017)
  • Anettegrace; a form of Annette21 in the US (2017)
  • Ariettalittle aria; diminutive of aria3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Arlette

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

  • Arlet122 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a bird

Like Arlette, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
  • Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
  • Alondralark; a form of Alondra844 in the US (2017)
  • Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
  • Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)

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