Arabella
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Arabella is often explained as “answered prayer” or “in prayer,” and may have started as a variant of Annabelle. Other sources read Arabella as Latin for “beautiful altar” or simply “beautiful.” Popular in the 1800s and now rediscovered, Arabella appears in Hardy’s Jude the Obscure and offers an alternative to Isabella, with Bella and Ari as nicknames. Comedian Arabella Weir is a bearer, and Arabella is also an opera by Richard Strauss.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names
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Usage of Arabella in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Arabella against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Arabella is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Arabella in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 1,423 girls were named Arabella, making it the #213 girls' name in the US. Since 1881, 27,957 girls have been named Arabella, with the most (1,914) in 2014. It is most common, relative to births, in West Virginia, Alaska and Maine.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
| Where | Rank | Count | Source |
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| Canada (Ontario) | #298 girls | 42 | Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General, ServiceOntario), 2024 |
| England and Wales | #22 girls | 1,368 | Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2025 |
| Estonia | #8 girls | 43 | Statistics Estonia (Statistikaamet), based on the Population Register, 2024 |
| Iceland | #207 girls | 2 | Registers Iceland (Þjóðskrá Íslands), 2025 |
| Ireland | #96 girls | 51 | Central Statistics Office (CSO), 2025 |
| New Zealand | #78 girls | 49 | Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), Births, Deaths and Marriages, 2025 |
| Northern Ireland (English-speaking) | #87 girls | 24 | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), 2025 |
| Northern Ireland (Irish-speaking) | #87 girls | 24 | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), 2025 |
| Scotland | #42 girls | 92 | National Records of Scotland (NRS), 2025 |
| Wales | #22 girls | 68 | Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2025 |
| Kosovo | #791 girls (all ages) | 9 | Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK), name search tool based on Civil Registration Agency data, 2025 |
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Towns named Arabella
There are 6 towns and villages with Arabella in their name, in 6 countries.
🇦🇺 Australia 1🇧🇴 Bolivia 1🇨🇦 Canada 1🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1🇺🇸 United States 1🇿🇦 South Africa 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Arabella | Queensland, 🇦🇺 Australia | – | Map |
| Arabella | Pando, 🇧🇴 Bolivia | – | Map |
| Arabella | Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada | – | Map |
| Arabella | Scotland, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | – | Map |
| Arabella | New Mexico, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Arabella Country State | Western Cape, 🇿🇦 South Africa | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Arabella
There are 1 lakes and reservoirs with Arabella in their name.
| Name | Where | |
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| Arabella Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Arabella songs
2 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Arabella in their title. The best known:
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Arabella
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Arabella.
Arabella Kiesbauer
Fictional characters named Arabella
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Arabella as a pet name
FurryName has found 48 dogs named Arabella in public pet registers, making it the #1,722 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Burnside (3), Adelaide (2), Richmond (2). Arabella as a dog name →
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