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Arbi

Gender
Boy
Say it
AR-bee
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys

Arbi is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).

What does Arbi mean?

Albanian, from Arbër, an old name for the Albanians

Albanian name from Arbër, the medieval name for the Albanian people; Arbi is also a Chechen name.

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

Arbi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Arbi in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,301st among boys
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 333% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Arbi, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2017, with 5 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2004Busiest: 5 in 20172025
Arbi in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20245#3,772
20234#4,335
20220–
20210–
20200–
20193#4,913
20180–
20175#3,608
20160–
20154#4,086
20140–
20130–
20120–
20113#4,837
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20043#3,792

Names like Arbi

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

Sources

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

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