Arnold (given name)

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Gender masculine		Related names Arnulf
Pronunciation /ˈɑːrnəld/ German: [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt] Finnish: [ˈɑrnolʲdʲ] Language(s) Old Frankish, Old High German Variant form(s) Arndt, Aart, Arent, Ahrend, Arnaud, Arnout, Arnoud, Arno, Arnaldo, Arnoldo Derived Arnold (surname), Ahrens, Arnall, Arnell, Arnaud (surname)

Arnold is a masculine German and English given name. It is composed of the Germanic elements arn "eagle" and wald "rule, power". The name is first recorded in Francia from about the 7th century, at first often conflated with the name Arnulf, as in the name of bishop Arnulf of Metz, also recorded as Arnoald. Arnulf appears to be the older name (with cognates in Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse), and German (Frankish) Arnold may have originally arisen in c. the 7th century as a corruption of Arnulf, possibly by conflation of similar names such as Hari-wald, Arn-hald, etc.

The name is attested with some frequency in Medieval Germany during the 8th to 11th centuries, as Arnold, Arnalt, Arnald, Arnolt. It was occasionally spelled Harnold, Harnald, and the name may have been conflated with an independent formation containing hari- "host, army". Its etymology ceased to be evident from an early time, and it was sometimes folk-etymologized as Ehrenhold in the early modern period. The French form Arnaud is recorded from the 10th century, and was also brought to England after the Norman conquest, where it replaced the cognate Anglo-Saxon form Earnweald (Doomsday Book Ernehale; Ernaldus 12th century). However, the Anglo-Norman given name did not survive into the modern period (other than in surnames, as Arnall, Arnell), and the German form Arnold was re-introduced in the English-speaking world in the 19th century. In the United States, Arnold had a relative surge of popularity at the beginning of the 20th century, peaking as the 89th most commonly given masculine name in 1916, but it dropped again below rank 200 by the 1950s.

Hypocorisms of the name are: Arent (Arend, Ahrend), Arndt, Arne, Aart (etc.). Regional variants of the name include: French: Arnaud, Arnault, Italian: Arnoldo, Dutch: Arnout, Arnoud, Portuguese: Arnoldo, Spanish: Arnaldo, Catalan: Arnau, Arnald. The German name was also adopted in Old West Norse (14th century), as Arnaldr (Icelandic: Arnaldur).

Arnold is also recorded as a surname (via a patronymic) from the early modern period. (Cornelius Arnold, b. 1711).

List of people called Arnold

Arnoald (d. 611?), Frankish Bishop of Metz

Arnold I (disambiguation)

Arnold I (1060–1135), Count of Looz

Arnold I (fl. 1119–1147), Count of Cleves

Arnold I (died 1197/1198), Bishop of Coria

Arnold I (1337–1409), Lord of Egmond

Arnold I, Count of Astarac

Arnold II (died 1146), Count of Looz

Arnold of Bergen (bied 1434), Norwegian Roman Catholic bishop

Arnold of Brescia (c. 1090–1155), Italian Augustinian monk

Arnold of Egmond (1410–1473), Duke of Guelders

Arnold of Lübeck (died 1211~1214), German Benedictine priest and chronicler

Arnold of Metz (died 640), Frankish bishop of Metz

John Arnold of Monmouthshire (c. 1635–1702), Welsh Protestant politician

Saint Arnulf or Arnold of Soissons (died 1087), patron saint of brewers

Arnold of Torroja (died 1184), Spanish knight, Grand Master of the Knights Templar

Arnold von Uissigheim (died 1336), German highwayman, bandit, and renegade knight

Arnold Akberg (1894–1984), Estonian painter

Arnold Alas (1911–1990), Estonian landscape architect

Arnaud Amalric (died 1225), French Cistercian abbot

Arnaud Amanieu (1338–1401), Lord of Albret

Arnold Anderson (disambiguation)

Arnold Anderson (1912–1996), New Zealand sprinter and hurdler

Arnold Anderson, Native American chemical engineer

Arnold Arbeit (1911–1974), American artist and architect

Arnold Auerbach (disambiguation)

Arnold M. Auerbach (1912–1998), American comedy writer

Arnold "Red" Auerbach (1917–2006). American basketball coach

H. Arnold Barton (born 1929), American historian

Arnold Bax (1883–1953), English composer, poet, and author

Arnold Orville Beckman (1900–2004), American chemist, inventor, investor, and philanthropist

Arnold Belgardt (born 1937), Soviet Russian cyclist

Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), English writer

Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901), Swiss painter

Arnold Boonen (1669–1729), Dutch portrait painter

Arnold Børud (born 1947), Norwegian singer

Arnold Bürkli (1833–1894), Swiss engineer

Arnold Chernushevich (1933–1991), Soviet Belarusian fencer

Arnold Clark (born 1927), Scottish businessman

Arnold Denker (1914–2005), American chess player

Arnold Franz Brasz (1888–1966), American painter, sculptor, and printmaker

Arnold Bronckorst (fl. 1565–1583), Dutch painter

Arnold Brown (disambiguation)

Arnold Brown (1894–1960), Australian army officer

Arnold Brown (1913–2002), 11th General of The Salvation Army

Arnold Brown (1927–1994), Canadian politician

Stewart Arnold Brown (Arnie Brown; born 1942), Canadian ice hockey player

Arnold Brown, Scottish entertainer

Arnold von Bruck (c. 1500 – 1554), Franco-Flemish composer

Arnold W. Brunner (1857–1925), American architect

Arnold Förster (1810–1884), German entomologist

Arnold Fothergill (1854–1932), English cricketer

Arnold Freeman (1886–1972), British writer, philosopher and anthroposophist

Arnold Frick (born 1966), Liechtenstein judoka

Arnold van Gennep (1873–1957), Dutch-French ethnographer and folklorist

Arnold Green (disambiguation)

Arnold Green (1920–2011), Estonian Soviet politician

Arnold Green (1932/1933–2016), New Zealand rugby league player

Arnold H. Green (born 1940), American historian

Arnold Greenberg (disambiguation)

Arnold Greenberg (1932–2012), American businessman

Arnold Greenberg, American businessman

Arnold Henry Guyot (1807–1884), Swiss-American geologist and geographer

Arnold Hauser (1888–1966), American baseball player

Arnold Hauser (1892–1978), Hungarian art historian

Arnold Heertje (born 1934), Dutch economist

Arnold Wienholt Hodson (1881–1944), British colonial administrator

Arnold Horween (1898–1985), American football player and coach

Arnold Issoko (born 1992), Congolese footballer

Arnold Jackson (disambiguation)

Arnold Jackson (1891–1972), British athlete, army officer and barrister

Arnold Jackson (1903–1971), English cricketer

Arnold Jackson (born 1977), American football player

Arnold Janssen (1837–1909), German-Dutch Roman Catholicpriest and missionary, a saint

Arnold Jürgensen (1910–1944), Nazi Germany military officer

Arnold Kanter (1945–2010), American politician

Arnold Keyserling (1922–2005), German philosopher and theologian

Arnold Kirke-Smith (1850–1927), English footballer

Arnold Klebs (1870–1943), Swiss-American microbiologist

Arnold Kohlschütter (1883–1969), German astronomer and astrophysicist

Arnold Koller (born 1933), Swiss politician

Arnold Kopelson (born 1935), American film producer

Arnold Kramer (1882–1976), American folk artist

Arnold Krammer (born 1941), American historian

Arnold Lakhovsky (1880–1937), Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor

Arnold Lang (1855–1914), Swiss naturalist

Arnold Barry Latman (born 1936), American baseball player

Arnold Lazarus (1932–2013), South African psychologist

Arnold Lechler (born 1991), German-Russian footballer

Arnold Leese (1878–1956), British fascist politician and veterinarian

Arnold J. Levine (born 1939), American molecular biologists

Arnold Luhaäär (1905–1965), Estonian weightlifter

Arnold Lunn (1888–1974), English skier, mountaineer and writer

Arnold Manoff (1914–1965), American screenwriter

Arnold Maran, Scottish surgeon and writer

Arnold Mendelssohn (1855–1933), German composer

Arnold Meri (1919–2009), Soviet Estonian military officer

Arnold Mickens (born 1972), American football player

Arnold Mitt (born 1988), Estonian basketball player

Arnold Möller (1581–1655), German calligrapher

Arnold Mühren (born 1951), Dutch football player and manager

Arnold Murray (disambiguation)

Arnold Musto (1883–1977), British civil engineer

Arnold Newman (1918–2006), American photographer

Arnold Nordmeyer (1901–1989), New Zealand politician

Arnold Nötzli (1900–?), Swiss cyclist

Arnold Origi (born 1983), Kenyan footballer

Arnold Oss (born 1928), American ice hockey player

Arnold Östman (born 1939), Swedish conductor

Arnold Palacios (born 1955), Northern Mariana Islands politician

Arnold Pihlak (1902–1985), Estonian footballer

Arnold Plant (1898–1978), British economist

Arnold Palmer (1929–2016), American golfer

Arnold Paole (died c. 1726), Serbian outlaw, supposed vampire

Arnold Payne

Arnold Payne (1897–1973), English cricketer

Arnold Payne (born 1972), Zimbabwean sprinter

Arnold Pomerans (1920–2005), German-born British translator

Arnold Lewis Raphel (1943–1988), American diplomat

Arnold S. Relman (1923–2014), American physician

Arnold Ridley (1896–1984), English playwright and actor

Arnold Rönnebeck (1885–1947), German-born American artist

Arnold Rosé (1863–1946), Romanian-Austrian violinist

Arnold Rothstein (1882–1928), American mob boss

Arnold Rüütel (born 1928), Estonian politician, President of Estonia

Arnold Savage (1358–1410), English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons

Arnold Savage II (ca. 1382–1420), English politician

Arnold Scaasi (1930–2015), Canadian fashion designer

Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), Austrian-American composer

Arnold Schönhage (born 1934), German mathematician and computer scientist

Arnold Schottländer (1854–1909), German chess player

Arnold Schwarzenegger (born 1947), Austrian-born American bodybuilder, actor and politician, Governor of California

Arnold S. Shapiro (1921–1962), American mathematician

Arnold Shapiro (born 1941), American television producer and writer

Arnold von Siemens (1853–1918), German telecommunications industrialist

Arnold Šimonek (born 1990), Slovak footballer

Arnold Sjöstrand (1903–1955), Swedish actor and film director

Arnold Smith

Arnold Smith (1915–1994), Canadian diplomat

Arnold Snyder, American gambler and gambling author

Arnold Sommerfeld (1868–1951), German physicist

Arnold Sorina (born 1988), Vanuatuan runner

Arnold Spohr (1923–2010), Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, and artistic director

Arnold Stang (1918–2009), American actor and comedian

Arnold Susi (1896–1968), Estonian lawyer and politician

Arnold Townend (1880–1968), British politician

Arnold Townsend (1912–1994), English cricketer

Arnold Toynbee (1852–1883), British economic historian

Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975), British historian and philosopher

Arnolds Ūdris (born 1968), Latvian cyclist

Arnold Vaide (1926–2011), Swedish runner and football coach

Arnold Viiding (1911–2006), Estonian shot putter and discus thrower

Arnold Volpe (1869–1940), Lithuanian-born American composer and conductor

Arnold Vosloo (born 1962), South African-born American actor

Arnold Walfisz (1892–1962), Polish mathematician

Arnold Williams (disambiguation)

Arnold Williams (1870–1929), Welsh-born New Zealand cricketer

Arnold Williams (1890–1958), British businessman and politician

Arnold Williams (1898–1970), American politician, Governor of Idaho

Arnold Muir Wilson (1857–1909), British solicitor and politician

Arnold Wilson (1884–1940), British politician and army officer

Arnold Weiss (1924–2010), German-born American intelligence officer and lawyer

Arnold Wesker (1932–2016), British dramatist

Arnold Wolfendale (born 1927), British astronomer

Fictional characters

Arnold (Hey Arnold!), the main character in Hey Arnold! media

Arnold, a character in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Arnold, the pet dog of Turtle, a character in the TV series Entourage

Arnold John Flass, character in the Batman universe

Arnold Jackson, a character in the TV series Diff'rent Strokes

Arnold Perlstein, a character in The Magic School Bus

Arnold Rimmer, a character in the TV series Red Dwarf

Dr. Arnold Rosen, a neighbor who is friendly with Don and Megan Draper in Mad Men (season 6)

Arnold Toht, a character in Raiders of the Lost Ark

Arnold Vinick, a character in the TV drama series The West Wing

Dr. Arnold Wayne, Betty Draper's psychiatrist in Mad Men (season 1)

Arnold Weber, a character from the HBO series "Westworld (TV series)"

Arnold Wesker, villain known as Ventriloquist in the DC Comics Universe

Arnold von Winkelried, fictional hero in Swiss folklore

Arnold Ziffel, a character in the TV sitcom series Green Acres

References

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List of people called Arnold

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