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Type Surname (from given name)
Other Forms FormsArn, Arm, An
Meaning & History
English (northern) Swedish and German: From the (medieval) personal name Arne a short form of Arnold or in Scandinavia any of the many other Norse names of which arn ‘eagle’ is the first element for example Arnbjörn Arnfinn and Arnsten.
English: habitational name from Arne a place in Dorset which is most probably named with Old English ærn ‘building house’.Norwegian: habitational name from the farmstead Arna in western Norway so named from a fjord name meaning ‘the streaming the fjord with the waves’.
English: habitational name from Arne a place in Dorset which is most probably named with Old English ærn ‘building house’.Norwegian: habitational name from the farmstead Arna in western Norway so named from a fjord name meaning ‘the streaming the fjord with the waves’.