# Arabella (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arabella/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “yielding to prayer” |
| Pronunciation | /æɹəˈbɛlə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 27,957 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 27,957 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12,655, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Uncertain, used in Scotland since the sixteenth century; possibly from Latin orabilis (“yielding to prayer”) or a variant of Annabel.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 946 | 333 |
| 2012 | 1,315 | 244 |
| 2013 | 1,533 | 209 |
| 2014 | 1,914 | 174 |
| 2015 | 1,689 | 194 |
| 2016 | 1,748 | 187 |
| 2017 | 1,890 | 156 |
| 2018 | 1,706 | 172 |
| 2019 | 1,545 | 194 |
| 2020 | 1,439 | 202 |
| 2021 | 1,521 | 195 |
| 2022 | 1,314 | 231 |
| 2023 | 1,322 | 225 |
| 2024 | 1,482 | 206 |
| 2025 | 1,423 | 213 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 242 | 208 |
| 2012 | 286 | 177 |
| 2013 | 329 | 157 |
| 2014 | 439 | 126 |
| 2015 | 585 | 95 |
| 2016 | 577 | 94 |
| 2017 | 639 | 83 |
| 2018 | 619 | 88 |
| 2019 | 775 | 71 |
| 2020 | 1,095 | 40 |
| 2021 | 1,012 | 47 |
| 2022 | 1,019 | 47 |
| 2023 | 1,029 | 43 |
| 2024 | 1,222 | 30 |
| 2025 | 1,368 | 22 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 阿拉貝拉 /阿拉贝拉
- Portuguese: Arabela

## People named Arabella

- Arabella Elizabeth Roupell, British painter, botanical and scientific illustrator (1817-1914)
- Arabella Mansfield, American lawyer and suffragist (1846–1911)
- Arabella Dorman, British war artist and portrait painter
- Arabella Field, American actress
- Arabella Goddard, British musician (1836-1922)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.