Arnold

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold (1829-1901).

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Arnold

Wikipedia

• Ahnold (eye dialect)

From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”). For the first part of the word doublet of erne, ornis, and ornitho-.

Compare the Latin male given name and cognomen Aquila, and female given name Aquilīna (whence Russian Акули́на (Akulína)), related to aquila (whence eagle).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹnəld/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nəld

Arnold

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages brought to England by Normans.
   • 1987 December 7, Newsweek, page 44:

     Arnold used to be a name only a mother could love, but it does not mean nerd anymore. Since Arnold Schwarzenegger stepped out of the gym and onto the screen, it has come to suggest popping delts and giant pecs, a world of undisputed macho.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1241).
4. A market town in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5945).
5. A small town in the Shire of Loddon, Victoria, Australia.
6. A community in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
7. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California.
   2. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
   3. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Illinois.
   4. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Illinois.
   5. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Iowa.
   6. An unincorporated community in Ness County, Kansas.
   7. A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
   8. An unincorporated community in Marquette County, Michigan.
   9. A former census-designated place in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, now part of the city of Rice Lake.
   10. A city in Jefferson County, Missouri.
   11. A village in Custer County, Nebraska.
   12. An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.
   13. A city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
   14. An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
   15. An unincorporated community in Brooke County, West Virginia.
   16. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
   17. An unincorporated community in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

• Orland, Randol, Roland, Roldan, Ronald, dralon, ladron, lardon

Arnold m

1. Arnold

From English Arnold, from a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”).

Arnold

1. a male given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Arnold.

• Roland, Ronald, Roldan, Orland

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Arnold (příjmení)

Wikipedia ^cs

• IPA^(key): [ˈarnolt]

Arnold m anim (female equivalent Arnoldová)

1. a male surname transferred from the given name

• “Arnold”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
• Moldanová, Dobrava (2019) Naše příjmení [Our surnames] (in Czech), 5th edition, Prague: Agentura Pankrác, →ISBN, page 28

Arnold

1. a male given name of Germanic origin

• from Old Norse: Arne, Arvid

Arnold

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Arnold

• Arno, Aarne, Arved, Arvi

Arnold m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Arnold: Arnoldsson
• daughter of Arnold: Arnoldsdóttir

From Old High German arn (“eagle”, cf. Aar), + Old High German waltan (“ruler”, cf. walten).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʁnɔlt/

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Arnold m (proper noun, strong, genitive Arnolds, plural Arnolde or Arnolds)

1. a male given name from Old High German

• (contracted) Arnd, Arne, Arno
• (archaizing) Arnwald

Arnold m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Arnolds or (with an article) Arnold, plural Arnolds or Arnold)

1. a surname transferred from the given name^[1]

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Arnold (keresztnév)

Wikipedia ^hu

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒrnold]
• Hyphenation: Ar‧nold
• Rhymes: -old

Arnold

1. a male given name

Arnold

1. a male given name of Germanic origin

• from Germany: Arild, Arnt
• from Old Norse: Arne, Arnfinn, Arnstein, Arvid

• IPA^(key): /ˈarnɔld/

Arnold m pers

1. a male given name

• Arno

• “Arnold”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

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Arnold c (genitive Arnolds)

1. a male given name of Germanic origin

• from Old Norse: Arne, Arvid

• Roland, Ronald