Arli
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning eagle; diminutive of Arla or Arlene.
Arli by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Arli. In the US, 5 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 17 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Arla
Like Arli, 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.
Other names that come from Arlene
Like Arli, 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.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arli. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alithe exalted or noble one502 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arilion; my lion1,122 in the US (2017)
- Arelilion of god; a form of Ariel120 in the US (2017)
- Arlieeagle lake; a form of Harley or Arleigh44 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arlyeagle lake; variant of Arla or Arlo9 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Arli, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 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)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Arli
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