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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ARNOLD,
ARNOLL, ARNOTT, ARNOT, ARNOULD.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901, and,
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by
William Arthur, M. A., 1857.
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ARNOLD, ARNOLL, ARNOTT,
ARNOT, ARNOULD.
Bardsley has: A baptismal name meaning "the son of Arnold"; Fr.
Arnoud. With the corruption Arnott, cf. Archbutt
for Archibald.
Of course Arnold is now practically forgotten as a personal name in
England. Nevertheless it was very popular in its day, and being in great
favour just when fontal names were candidates for immortality as surnames, it is
not to be wondered at that Arnold and its variants and corruptions are
familiar to all our directories at the close of the 19th century. I only
furnish a few instances. The United States has such continental forms as
Arnhold and Arnholt. Arthur
has: ARNOLD.
(German) The same as Ernold; from are or ehre,
honor, and hold, faithful or devoted to—faithful to his
honor. How unworthy of the name was the notorious Benedict!
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