Arabella: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced a-ruh-BEL-uh · 4 syllables

Arabella means “yielding to prayer”, from Latin.

Uncertain, used in Scotland since the sixteenth century; possibly from Latin orabilis (“yielding to prayer”) or a variant of Annabel.

How popular is Arabella?

Arabella was the #213 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,423 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Arabella in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Arabella are older than 21; most are between 18 and 59. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Arabella have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Arabella means “yielding to prayer”. It comes from Latin.

Arabella is pronounced a-ruh-BEL-uh.

Arabella was the #213 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,423 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Arabella are older than 21. Most are between 18 and 59.