Arabelle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ARR-a-bel
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,036 for girls
Arabelle is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 2,036th for girls in the US (93 babies).
What does Arabelle mean?
Scottish: French-style spelling of Arabella
A variant of Arabella with the French-style ending -belle, 'beautiful'.
Is Arabelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Arabelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 93 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arabelle in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Arabelle, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,348th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 25 girls.
Half of all the girls named Arabelle in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Arabelle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Arabelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,036among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 93about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were named Arabelle, making it the 2,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 147 girls. It first appears in the records in 1893.
Half of all the girls named Arabelle in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arabelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #2,036 |
| 2024 | 89 | #2,134 |
| 2023 | 118 | #1,736 |
| 2022 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2021 | 76 | #2,366 |
| 2020 | 98 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,011 |
| 2018 | 117 | #1,748 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,505 |
| 2016 | 124 | #1,712 |
| 2015 | 133 | #1,609 |
| 2014 | 137 | #1,576 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,814 |
| 2012 | 92 | #2,078 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,637 |
| 2010 | 58 | #2,937 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,408 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,836 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,195 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,156 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,603 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,352 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
Nicknames for Arabelle
Names like Arabelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Annabelle Isla Elodie Adeline Isabelle Amelie Phoebe Clementine Ivy-Rose Aurora Olive Eloise
Names related to Arabelle
Arabella Aribella Arrabella Arabel Airabella Arabell Ariabella Aribelle Ayrabella Arabela
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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, “Arabelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arabelle, updated 20 October 2026.