Arnab
Arnav, Arnab, or Arnov is a first name popular in India, and means "ocean" in Sanskrit. Arnab is the Bengali, Odia, and Assamese form of the name. It also means "rabbit" in Arabic and Hebrew.
Meaning & Origin of Arnab
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arnav, Arnab, or Arnov is a first name popular in India, and means "ocean" in Sanskrit. Arnab is the Bengali, Odia, and Assamese form of the name. It also means "rabbit" in Arabic and Hebrew.
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The Story of Arnab
Arnab first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1978, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 6 births, good for #10,806 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 53% of all recorded Arnabs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2016 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 32 Arnabs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Arnab
Arnab is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 32 births in the dataset. Arnab's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #10,806. Use the chart and map above to compare Arnab's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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