Arnolfo

Boy · Germanic

Arnolfo

Say it: ar-NOL-foh

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Meaning

From Germanic Arnulf, from arn 'eagle' and wulf 'wolf'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

5 babies given this name since 1989
At its height in 1989, about 1 in 400,100 boys
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

The family of the name

German	Arnulf
English	Arnold

Famous bearers

Arnolfo di Cambio, architect and sculptor

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Where this comes from

Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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