Arno
Germanic in origin, Arno means "eagle". Barely 117 men in Poland carry it, but the count is creeping up: the handful born now land on so small a base that each new boy nudges it higher.
Arno Pronunciation
Arno is pronounced AHR-no (/ˈarnɔ/).
What Arno means
Where Arno comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Arno comes from the Germanic element arn, meaning eagle. The same element opens the longer name Arnold, where it joins wald, ruler. Arno keeps only the bird. In German usage it reads as a short, complete name, and it has been carried by writers: Arno Holz, the poet who died in 1929, and Arno Schmidt, the novelist born in 1914.
The eagle sense is literal here, not a later gloss. Saint Arno of Salzburg, a bishop who died in 821, gives the name an old Christian anchor and a place on the calendar.
In Poland the meaning lands plainly. Arno means orzeł, the eagle on the national coat of arms. A boy named Arno on a school register carries a word Polish children already know from the crowned white bird. The name is short. Two syllables in Polish, and the same Germanic arn underneath: eagle.
How many people are named Arno
1 in 182446 men in Poland is named Arno. 117 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3118 among male names.
Arno's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1462 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023.
Arno as a middle name
Arno is a first name for 117 men in Poland and a middle name for another 48, a 71/29 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1093rd, between Anderson (48) and Asher (48).
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#1091 Aidan48
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#1092 Anderson48
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#1093 Arno48
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#1094 Asher48
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#1095 Baruch48