Arabella is a Scottish name from the Middle Ages, possibly from the Latin orabilis, meaning "yielding to prayer" or "invokable", though some scholars see it as a form of Annabel. It carries the romance of 18th-century novels and the sparkle of Isabella without the crowd. Arabella entered the US top 1000 in 2005, climbed to a peak of number 156 in 2017 and has stayed in the top 250 since, ranking number 213 in 2025.