Arnold
Arnold - older also Arnoald (us) - is a male first name and family name .
Origin and meaning of the name
Old High German arn- (eagle) -wald (Walter), ruler, therefore the name forms Arnoald, Arnwald and Arnbald / Arnbold can be found here and there. Because the name is often identical with Arnulf, it is possible that the second syllable also has a different origin.
Variants and Abbreviations
- Aart (Dutch), Arnhold, Arild (Danish), Arnaud , Arnauld (French), Arnald, Arnalds , Arnaldo (Italian), Arnault, Arnot, Arnaldus , Arnoldas , Arnoldus , Arnau (Catalan)
- Anno , Arend, Arendt, Arlt, Arnd, Arndt , Arne, Arnel, Arnell, Arness, Arnie, Arold, Arn , Arnould , Erni (Switzerland), Erken, Nolde, Noldeke, Nöldeke, Nölke, Noldi, Nöldi, Noll, Nolte , Orend, Orendt
name day
January 15 , July 18 or 23 February
Name bearer
Personal name and ruler
- Arnold I. von Falkenberg , Bishop of Speyer
- Arnold I of Cologne (around 1100–1151), Archbishop of Cologne
- Arnold I. (Kleve) (around 1100–1147), Count of Kleve
- Arnold I of Scheyern († around 1123), Count of Scheyern-Dachau
- Arnold I (Abbot of St. Blasien) († 1247), from 1241 to 1247 abbot in the monastery of St. Blasien in the southern Black Forest
- Arnold I. (Trier) († 1183), Archbishop of Trier
- Arnold II (Guînes) († 1220), Count of Guînes
- Arnold II von Wied (around 1098–1156), Archbishop of Cologne
- Arnold II of Isenburg († 1259), Archbishop of Trier
- Arnold II of Leiningen , Bishop of Speyer
- Arnold II of Dachau († before 1124), Count of Scheyern-Dachau
- Arnold II (Abbot of St. Blasien) († 1276), from 1247 to 1276 abbot in the monastery of St. Blasien in the southern Black Forest
- Arnold III von Dachau (around 1122 – after 1185), Count of Scheyern-Dachau
- Arnold III von Uissigheim (around 1298–1336), German knight
- Arnold von Altena , son of Eberhard I. von Berg-Altena
- Arnold von Arnoldsweiler († around 800), German musician and saint
- Arnold von Berg († 1190), Bishop of Osnabrück
- Arnold von Brauweiler (1468–1552), German businessman, councilor and mayor of Cologne
- Arnold von Brescia (1100–1155), Italian monk and church reformer
- Arnold von Bruck (1490–1554), Austrian composer and conductor of Flemish origin
- Arnold von Egmond (1410–1473), Duke of Geldern
- Arnold von Freising († 883), Bishop of Freising
- Arnold von Hiltensweiler († after 1127), German knight and monastery founder
- Arnold von Hochstaden (before 1240 – after 1254), burgrave and marshal of Westphalia
- Arnold von Lübeck (1150–1211 / 1214), chronicler
- Arnold von Melchtal , Swiss Confederate
- Arnold (Münsterschwarzach) († before 1277), Abbot of Münsterschwarzach
- Arnold von Protzan († 1342), Silesian author of formula books
- Arnold von Quedlinburg , German chronicler
- Arnold von Selenhofen († 1160), Archbishop of Mainz
- Arnold von Semgallen , Cistercian, Bishop of Semigallia, auxiliary bishop in the Rhineland
- Arnold von Siegen (around 1500–1579), German councilor and mayor of Cologne
- Arnold von Solms († 1296), Bishop of Bamberg
- Arnold of St. Emmeram (~ 1000-1050)
- Arnaud de Toroge (also Arnold von Toroga ; around 1105–1184), Grand Master of the Templar Order
- Arnold von Unkel († 1482), auxiliary bishop in Cologne
- Arnold von Westphalia , Saxon state master builder and the builder of the Albrechtsburg in Meißen
- Arnold (Abbot) († 1166), historian and abbot of Berge and Nienburg
- Priest Arnold (* around 1130), Austrian poet
First name
- Arnold Otto Aepli (1816–1897), Swiss statesman and lawyer
- Arnold Angenendt (* 1934), German theologian and church historian
- Arnold Bax (1883–1953), English composer
- Arnold Beck (1949–2014), Liechtenstein ski racer
- Arnold Bergstraesser (1896–1964), German political scientist
- Arnold Christian Beuthner (1689–1742), German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and writer
- Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901), Swiss painter, draftsman, graphic artist and symbolist sculptor
- Arnold C. Brackman (1923–1983), American journalist and book author
- Arnold Czempin (1887–1974), German actor of the silent film era
- Arnold Duckwitz (1802–1881), businessman, senator and mayor of the Hanseatic City of Bremen
- Arnold Escher von der Linth (1807–1872), Swiss geologist
- Arnold Eucken (1884–1950), German physical chemist
- Arnold Fanck (1889–1974), German director and mountain film pioneer
- Arnold Frick (* 1966), Liechtenstein judoka
- Arnold Gehlen (1904–1976), German philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist
- Arnold F. van Gemert (* 1938), Dutch Byzantinist and Neo-Greekist
- Arnold F. Holleman (1859–1953), Dutch chemist and professor of inorganic chemistry
- Arnold Janssen (1837–1909), German missionary and the founder of the Steyler missionaries
- Arnold C. Klebs (1870–1943), Swiss-American physician and medical historian
- Arnold A. Lazarus (1932–2013), American psychologist and psychotherapist
- Arnold J. Levine (* 1939), American biologist and cancer researcher
- Arnold Marquis (1921–1990), German actor and voice actor
- Arnold Mercator (1537–1587), cartographer
- Arnold Oskar Meyer (1877–1944), German historian
- Arnold Müll (1906–1988), German photographer and artist
- Arnold Nieberding (1838–1912), German lawyer and politician
- Arnold Odermatt (* 1925), Swiss police officer and photographer
- Arnold Edmund Pelzer (1801–1874), German politician of the German Progressive Party
- Arnold F. Riedhammer (* 1947), German-American musician, composer and arranger
- Arnold Ruge (1802–1880), German writer
- Arnold Dietrich Schaefer (1819–1883), German ancient historian
- Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951), Austrian composer, music theorist, composition teacher, painter, poet and inventor
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (* 1947), Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor and politician
- Arnold Sherwood Tannenbaum (* 1925), American psychologist and organizational researcher
- Arnold Fitz Thedmar , wholesale merchant, elderly man in London
- Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975), British cultural theorist and philosopher of history
- Arnold Ulitz (1888–1971), German teacher and writer
- Arnold Wesker (1932-2016), British playwright
- Arnold Zweig (1887–1968), German writer
family name
See: Arnold (family name)
Place name
- Arnoldshain , Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse
- Arnoldshammer , Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony
- Arnoldstein , Villach-Land, Carinthia
- Arnoldsweiler , Düren district, North Rhine-Westphalia
- St. Arnold , Steinfurt District, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Arnoldsgrün (district of the town of Schöneck), Vogtlandkreis, Saxony
Other meanings
- Arnold (company) , manufacturer of model trains
- Arnold River
- Villa Arnold , former house in Schorndorf
- Arnold André cigar factory in Bünde
- Spinning and weaving on the Sparrenlech Kahn & Arnold