Arnolds Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

If your family name is Arnolds, its origin lies with Arnold, a long-established German surname.

Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. The extra ending in Arnolds is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Arnold's family.

Arms linked to Arnold and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Arnolds family name pack.