Arrow is an English word name that means "arrow", from the Old English arwe, and suggests speed, direction and purpose. It took off while the superhero series Arrow aired from 2012 to 2020 and sits alongside Archer, Hunter and Ryder among the adventurous word names for boys. Arrow climbed from number 1641 in 2015 to a peak of number 1122 in 2018 and has eased back to number 1976 in 2025.