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Arabella

Usually a girl's name

Meaning
Origin disputed: Latin 'yielding to prayer', or a Scottish form of Annabel or Amabel Disputed

The ending looks like Italian bella, 'beautiful', but the references don't derive it from that.

Origin
Uncertain; first used in Scotland
Popularity

US 2025: #213 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #22

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.

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