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Arnfinnur

“eagle” + “Sami”

masculineLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Old Norse
3 language contexts: Danish Faroese Icelandic
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Arnfinnur

Arnfinnur is a masculine given name documented in Danish, Faroese and Icelandic. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Arnfinnr. It is a form of Arnfinn, for which English Wiktionary gives the components “eagle” + “Sami”.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “eagle” + “Sami”

From Old Norse Arnfinnr.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ArnfinnCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikidata Q3481835CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

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Documented as a given name in Danish.

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03 / By the numbers

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04 / Through time

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q21475226CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ArnfinnCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikidata Q3481835CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Arnfinnur

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “eagle” + “Sami”

From Old Norse Arnfinnr.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ArnfinnCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikidata Q3481835CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Arnfinnur is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

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0 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Denmark

Language records

Documented as a given name in Danish.

Explore Denmark

1 of 1 countries

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q21475226CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ArnfinnurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ArnfinnCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikidata Q3481835CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Arnfinnur

Old Norse origin

Where Arnfinnur is used

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Denmark

Popularity over time

History

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Arnfinn

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Arnfinnur

Old Norse origin

Where Arnfinnur is used

Across borders

Denmark

Popularity over time

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Arnfinn

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page