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Arabella

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-ra-BEL-a
Origin
Scottish
UK rank, 2025
#27 for girls
US rank, 2025
#213 for girls

Arabella is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 27th for girls in the UK (1,484 babies) and 213th for girls in the US (1,423 babies).

What does Arabella mean?

Scottish: medieval Scottish name of uncertain origin

Probably a medieval Scottish variant of Annabel, later linked to Latin orabilis, 'yielding to prayer'.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Arabella a girl's or a boy's name?

Arabella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,484 girls in the UK and 1,423 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Arabella in the UK?

Rank in 2025
27th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,484 about 1 in 190 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 48% in five years
Same name in a class
7.2% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,484 girls in the UK were named Arabella, making it the 27th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 41st.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Arabella of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Arabella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 22nd in England and Wales, 42nd in Scotland and 87th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#30).

1996Busiest: 1,484 in 20252025
Arabella in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,484#27
20241,317#33
20231,095#47
20221,085#48
20211,076#49
20201,162#41
2019826#76
2018646#88
2017667#88
2016614#105
2015610#110
2014459#135
2013347#171
2012291#197
2011246#230
2010220#255
2009165#312
2008146#344
2007135#357
2006113#401
2005104#408
200492#431
200384#451
200263#523
200169#485
200053#576
199960#531
199855#554
199753#560
199649#563

How popular is Arabella in the US?

Rank in 2025
213th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,423 about 1 in 1,100 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 10% in five years
Same name in a class
1.2% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,423 girls in the US were named Arabella, making it the 213th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 202nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 1,914 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.

Half of all the girls named Arabella in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1881Busiest: 1,914 in 20142025
Arabella in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,423#213
20241,482#206
20231,322#225
20221,314#231
20211,521#195
20201,439#202
20191,545#194
20181,706#172
20171,890#156
20161,748#187
20151,689#194
20141,914#174
20131,533#209
20121,315#244
2011946#333
2010834#383
2009705#448
2008467#655
2007457#648
2006447#643
2005326#796
2004215#1,075
2003166#1,256
2002138#1,393
200196#1,829
200091#1,865
199958#2,468
199868#2,121
199742#2,871
199625#4,179
199533#3,352
199420#4,840
199321#4,665
199216#5,711
199110#7,980
199012#6,861
19890–
19886#10,381
19870–
19866#9,540
198510#6,455
19840–
19837#8,045
19826#9,235
198110#6,321
19800–
19799#6,694
19786#8,560
19777#7,565
19766#8,154
19750–
19740–
19730–
197210#5,108
19719#5,541
19705#7,994
19696#6,615
19687#5,641
196711#4,052
19668#4,865
19657#5,288
19646#6,008
19637#5,295
19625#6,577
19616#5,850
19606#5,695
19590–
19587#4,889
19578#4,535
19567#4,836
19558#4,375
19548#4,276
195311#3,479
195211#3,371
19516#4,832
19506#4,736
19497#4,234
19489#3,591
19478#4,005
19466#4,416
19450–
19445#4,572
19437#3,800
19428#3,442
19416#3,952
19406#3,861
19399#2,920
193811#2,578
19378#3,145
193612#2,385
193510#2,729
19347#3,447
19339#2,867
19328#3,272
193113#2,306
19308#3,343
192914#2,300
192820#1,896
192710#3,051
192616#2,256
192516#2,282
192417#2,211
192316#2,264
192220#1,957
192115#2,378
192022#1,816
191922#1,745
191818#2,028
191719#1,847
191614#2,246
191521#1,622
191423#1,303
191316#1,465
19129#1,980
191114#1,241
191011#1,421
19098#1,607
190814#1,084
19077#1,638
19065#1,951
19059#1,297
190411#1,092
19038#1,318
19027#1,438
19019#1,136
19007#1,560
18998#1,180
18987#1,379
18976#1,384
18960–
189510#1,053
18949#1,061
189310#955
18926#1,278
18916#1,213
18900–
18890–
188812#753
18877#937
18866#993
188511#658
18845#1,024
18830–
18820–
18817#679

Nicknames for Arabella

Names like Arabella

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aurora, Isla, Aria, Mila, Ava, Isabella, Luna, Lyla, Emilia, Harper, Lyra, Willow

Other spellings of Arabella

Arrabella, Arabela

Names related to Arabella

Arabelle, Aribella, Arabel, Airabella, Arabell, Ariabella, Erabella, Aribelle, Ayrabella

More Scottish names

Finley, Logan, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Lochlan

Every Scottish name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Arabella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arabella, updated 20 October 2026.