Arnt
Arnt is a Scandinavian masculine given name, predominantly found in Norway. It is derived from either Old Norse, or German and is either a short form of other names beginning with Arn-, meaning eagle, or a shortened form of Arnold, meaning "eagle" and "ruler." People bearing the name Arnt include:Arnt Aamodt (1871–1936), Norwegian trade unionist Arnt Erik Dale, Norwegian alpine skier Arnt Dolven…
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Arnt
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arnt is a Scandinavian masculine given name, predominantly found in Norway. It is derived from either Old Norse, or German and is either a short form of other names beginning with Arn-, meaning eagle, or a shortened form of Arnold, meaning "eagle" and "ruler." People bearing the name Arnt include:Arnt Aamodt (1871–1936), Norwegian trade unionist Arnt Erik Dale, Norwegian alpine skier Arnt Dolven…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Norwegian
The Story of Arnt
Arnt first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1917, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1917: 6 births, good for #3,545 nationwide. About 55% of every Arnt on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Arnt last appeared in the published SSA data in 1921, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Arnt
Arnt is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Arnt's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #3,545. Use the chart and map above to compare Arnt'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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