Arnie

What Arnie means

Diminutive of Arnold, meaning “eagle + power”

diminutive of the male given name Arnold || From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-West Germanic *Arnuwald, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Arnie” (revision 92426537) and “Arnold” (revision 95117578), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Arnie?

US: New in the last 10 years. England & Wales: Rising: up from #765 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1910, when 13 boys got the name (#859 that year). First in the US records in 1887.

How common

• About 1 in 122,005 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,803 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,806 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

US vs UK

Arnie is #6143 in the US and #416 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Arnie were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ernie18 US · 138 E&W
• Arien14 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Arnie

Boys

• Louis#249“loud; famous + battle”^*
• Malcolm#272Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Walter#251“ruler + army, host”^*
• Rafael#218Variant of Raphael, meaning “God cures/has healed”^*
• Arthur#87possibly “bear”^*
• George#126“farmer, earth worker”^*

For a sister

• Scottie#126Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,533 in 2015, #126 in 2025
• Annie#182Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1922, with 7,476 babies; 1,690 in 2025
• Margaret#112“pearl”^*
• Stevie#203Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #978 in 2015, #203 in 2025
• Kehlani#148Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #148 vs #894 in 2025
• Hallie#120Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #565 in 2015, #120 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Arnie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.