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Arnau

boy name
Origin
Catalan
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

eagle power (Catalan form of Arnold); a medieval Catalan name carried by Arnau de Torroja and revived into the modern top ranks

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Arnau has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Arnau truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Arnau fits with your family’s names and surname.

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