Arnoldo

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 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◐

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

• Portuguese given name66K records spelled Arnoldo2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Canada, Philippines

  Also written Arnôldo

• English given name47K records spelled Arnoldo5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Brazil, Costa Rica

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Arñoldo

45 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●

Arnoldo is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Variante de Arnaldo; ingl./alem. Arnold. Hipocorístico italiano: Noddo.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, variante regional de Arnaldo

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Variante di Arnaldi

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

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) — 106 years between 1902–2024. 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 Cantanib. 1836CZnot in their usual nameItalian physician and politician (1837–1893)
• Arnoldo de Winkelried Bertonib. 1878CHSwiss born Paraguayan zoologist (1878-1973)
• Arnoldo Mondadorib. 1889ITItalian publisher (1889–1971)
• Arnoldo Gabaldónb. 1909VEVenezuelan physician and politician (1909-1990)
• Arnoldo Foàb. 1916ITItalian actor (1916-2014)
• Arnoldo Martínez Verdugob. 1925MXMexican politician (1925-2013)
• Arnoldo Devonishb. 1932VEathletics competitor (1932–1997)
• Arnoldo Haxb. 1936CLChilean professor (1936–2023)
• Arnoldo Alemánb. 1946NIPresident of Nicaragua from 1997 to 2002
• Arnoldo Iguaránb. 1957COColombian 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 · 607 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Arnoldo?

We estimate roughly 12 thousand people bear Arnoldo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Arnoldo have the most bearers?

Arnoldo is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled arnoldo.

How common is Arnoldo compared with other names?

In Argentina, Arnoldo is the 731st most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Arnoldo a male or female name?

Arnoldo 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 Arnoldo mean?

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