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 [ 4 syll. a-ra-bel-la, ar-abe-lla ] The girl name Arabella is pronounced as AERahBEHLah KEY. Arabella is largely used in English, German, and Italian. Its origin is Latin. Derived from the words 'orabilis' obliging, invokable in prayer ; 'orare' to pray for. Arabel (Scottish), Arbel (Scottish), and Orable (Scottish) are original forms of the name. The name could be an elaborated form of medieval Scottish forms of Annabel, such as Orable, Arabel, or Arble. It could also be from the Latin 'orabilis' (obliging, invokable in prayer) or else influenced by it. The name was adopted by English speakers during the Middle Ages, and was popular in Scotland. It was also widely used among the 18th-century English aristocracy after Alexander Pope wrote his satirical work 'The Rape of the Lock' (1712). The poem was based on an incident recounted by his friend on the real Arabella Fermor. Arabella Stuart (1575-1615), known also as Arbella, was an English noblewoman who was for a while considered a possible successor to Queen Elizabeth I. Arabel (English), Arabela (English), Arabelle (French and German), Arbell (English), and Arbella (English) are variants of Arabella. The short forms Ara (English), Bel (English), Bella (English, German, Italian, and Scottish), and Belle (English and French) are other variants of the name. See also the related forms, Annabella (English, German, and Italian) and Araminta (English). Arabella is rather popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 2000s; before that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2008, 0.022% of baby girls were named Arabella. It was #657 in rank then. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Arabella, Bella (English, German, Italian, Scottish, Spanish, Hungarian, and Russian) was the most popular. It was 6 times more commonly used than Arabella in that year. Baby names that sound like Arabella include Arbella (English), Arvilla (English), and Arbell (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Arabella: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
