Arnie
A boys’ name of German origin, meaning eagle; a form of Arnold.
Arnie by the numbers
In 2025, 97 babies in England and Wales were named Arnie. 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 far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 60 babies in 1960, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Arnold
Like Arnie, each of these traces back to Arnold: 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 Arnie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Arielion of God; variant of Ariel170 in the US (2017)
- Arlieeagle lake; a form of Harley or Arleigh44 in England and Wales (2025)
- Artienoble; a form of Arthur or Artemis41 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arneeagle6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ardiehardy or bold; a form of Ardith or Arden4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arrie6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Arnie, 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 Arnie
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