Arnoldo
Arnoldo is an Italian and Spanish masculine given name. It is the Italian and Spanish spelling of Arnold. Notable people with the name include:
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Arnoldo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arnoldo is an Italian and Spanish masculine given name. It is the Italian and Spanish spelling of Arnold. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Arnoldo
Arnoldo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1914, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 94 births, good for #1,135 nationwide. As of 2026, Arnoldo ranks #3,895 for baby boys with 28 births, holding steady (-1%). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Arnoldo
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Arnoldo. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Arnaldo
- Naldo
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About the name Arnoldo
Arnoldo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Arnoldo's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #866. Use the chart and map above to compare Arnoldo'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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