Arnaldo

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Arnaldo is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name126K records spelled Arnaldo6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Venezuela, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ąrnaldo

• Ukrainian given name474 records spelled Arnaldo7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Ukraine, Russia

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian

  Also written Арнальдо, Арналдо

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Arnaldo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Germánico: "el que tiene el poder del águila"; de arn 'águila' + wald 'poder'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• Que protege y vigila desde lo alto, que tiene el poder del águila

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Italian, Dal longobardo *arnwald*; radici germaniche *arn* 'aquila' e *wuld/walt* 'governare', quindi 'potere dell'aquila'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Germanico, da *arn* = 'aquila' e *walt* = 'potenza, dominio'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, forma italiana de Arnaldus

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 117 years between 1904–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Arnaldo Mussolinib. 1885ITItalian journalist and politician (1885–1931)
• Arnaldo Momiglianob. 1908ITItalian historian of classical antiquity (1908–1987)
• Arnaldo Forlanib. 1925ITItalian politician (1925–2023)
• Arnaldo Pomodorob. 1926ITItalian sculptor (1926–2025)
• Arnaldo Ninchib. 1935ITItalian actor (1935–2013)
• Arnaldo Ochoa Sánchezb. 1940CUCuban general (1940-1989)
• Arnaldo Tamayo Méndezb. 1942CUCuban cosmonaut
• Arnaldo Cézar Coelhob. 1943BRBrazilian football referee
• Arnaldo Catinarib. 1964ITItalian cinematographer and film director
• Arnaldo Edi Lopes da Silvab. 1982PTPortuguese footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 694 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Arnaldo?

We estimate roughly 72 thousand people bear Arnaldo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Arnaldo have the most bearers?

Arnaldo is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled arnaldo.

How common is Arnaldo compared with other names?

In Argentina, Arnaldo is the 344th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Arnaldo a male or female name?

Arnaldo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Arnaldo mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Arnold