Arnold.
A male given name from the Germanic languages brought to England by Normans.
Meaning & usage
A male given name from the Germanic languages brought to England by Normans.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
A hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1241).
A market town in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5945).
A small town in the Shire of Loddon, Victoria, Australia.
A community in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Iowa.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Ness County, Kansas.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marquette County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States: A former census-designated place in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, now part of the city of Rice Lake.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Jefferson County, Missouri.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Custer County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Brooke County, West Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
An epoch from 43 to 34.3 million years ago, a subdivision of the Paleogene.
Where this word comes from
From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-West Germanic *Arnuwald, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”). For the first part of the word doublet of erne, ornis, and ornitho-. Compare the Latin male given name and cognomen Aquila, and female given name Aquilīna (whence Russian Акули́на (Akulína)), related to aquila (whence eagle).
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