Arabella

Arabella \a-ra-bel-la, ar-abe-lla\ is a female's name. It consists of 8 letters and 4 syllables.

The baby girl name Arabella is pronounced as AA-Raa-BEHLLaa- ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Arabella: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"

What is the origin of Arabella?

Arabella is largely used in English, German, and Italian. Its origin is Latin. Arabel (Scottish), Arbel (Scottish), and Orable (Scottish) are original forms of the name. The name could be an elaborated form of medieval Scottish forms of Annabel, such as Orable (Scottish), Arabel (Scottish), or 'Arble'. It could also be from the Latin 'orabilis' (obliging, invokable in prayer) and ultimately 'orare' (to pray for), or else influenced by these elements. The name was adopted by English speakers during the Middle Ages, and was popular in Scotland. It was also widely used among the 18th-century English aristocracy after Alexander Pope wrote his satirical work 'The Rape of the Lock' (1712). The poem was based on an incident recounted by his friend on the real Arabella Fermor. Arabella Stuart (1575-1615), known also as Arbella, was an English noblewoman who was for a while considered a possible successor to Queen Elizabeth I. Arabella has 19 variant transcriptions.

Variation transcriptions of Arabella comprise nicknames for Arabel, Arabela name popularity, Arabele definition, short names for Arabell, Arabelle pronounciation (used in French and German too), Arbela pronounciation, Arbell name, Arbella meaning of name, name Arbelle, Arebela name, Orabel name, Orabella name, baby name Orabelle, Orbel definition, and short names for Orbella. Other English variants comprise the contracted forms Ara pronounciation, name Bel origin, nicknames for Bella (used in German, Italian, and Scottish too), and Belle name variations (used in French too). See also the related forms, Annabella pronounciation (English, German, and Italian) and Araminta name variations (English). Arabella is rather popular as a baby girl name, and it regarded as trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 2000s; before that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2010, 0.042% of baby girls were named Arabella. It was #386 in rank then. In 2010, within the family of girl names directly related to Arabella, Bella definition was the most popular. It was 6 times more commonly used than Arabella in that year.

List of baby names that sound like Arabella:

Arabela definition (English), Arebela meaning of name, Orabella name variations, name Orfilia origin, Arabel name popularity (English), baby name Arabelle (English, French, and German), name Arbela, Arvilla meaning of name (English), Orabel name, name Orabelle, what does the name Orbella mean, name Arbell meaning (English), short names for Orbel, and name Orvel origin.

The baby name Arabella fun facts:

The name Arabella in reverse order is "Allebara".

The numerological value of the name Arabella is number 7, which means analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.

How popular is Arabella?

Arabella is in the top names in USA.