Arnulf is a masculine German given name. It is composed of the Germanic elements ''arn'' "eagle" and ''ulf'' "wolf". The ''-ulf, -olf'' suffix was an extremely frequent element in Germanic onomastics and from an early time was perceived as a mere suffix forming given names. Similarly, the suffix ''-wald, -ald, -old'', originally from ''wald'' "rule, power" underwent semantic weakening. Therefore, the name ''Arnulf'' and ''

Arnold Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia Uni ...

'' were often conflated in early medieval records, as is the case with bishop Arnulf of Metz (died 640), especially as the final consonant came to be dropped (''Arnoul''). The name ''Arnulf'' is attested from as early as the 5th century, as the name of the brother of

Odoacer Odoacer ( ; – 15 March 493 AD), also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a soldier and statesman of barbarian background, who deposed the child emperor Romulus Augustulus and became Rex/Dux (476–493). Odoacer's overthrow of Romulus Augustul ...

. The name is attested with some frequency in Medieval Germany throughout the 8th to 11th centuries, in the spelling variants ''Arnulf, Arnulph, Arnolf'', occasionally also as ''Arenulph, Harnulf, Harnolf, Harnolph''. In the 9th century,

Arnulf of Carinthia Arnulf of Carinthia ( 850 – 8 December 899) was the duke of Carinthia who overthrew his uncle Emperor Charles the Fat to become the Carolingian king of East Francia from 887, the disputed king of Italy from 894 and the disputed emperor from Feb ...

was the ruler of

East Francia East Francia (Medieval Latin: ) or the Kingdom of the East Franks () was a successor state of Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire, empire ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911. It was created through the Treaty of Verdun (843) which divided t ...

and was crowned

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in 896. There was an Anglo-Saxon cognate, ''Earnulf'' ( Ernulf), which was assimilated to the Frankish form of the name after the Norman conquest. Arnulf of Eynesbury is an obscure 9th-century English saint, who was mostly forgotten by the 11th century, and who was perhaps just a folkloristic duplicate of the historical Arnulf of Metz. In any case, the English Arnulf would have been known as ''Earnulf'', and his relics were venerated in ''Earnulfesbyrig'' ( Eynesbury, Cambridgeshire). The name is also attested in medieval Scandinavia, as Old Norse ''Arnúlfr'' (''Ærnulfr, Ǫrnólfr, Ǫrnulfr'', Old Swedish ''Ærinolf, Ærnolf, Ärnulf''). Scandinavian dialectal and regional variants of the name include ''Annul, Annulv, Anul, Arnolv, Arnulv, Örnólfur, Ørnolvur, Örnulf, Ørnulf, Ørnulv''. The given name Arnulf remains in use in Germany and in Norway, and to a lesser extent in Sweden.nordicnames.de
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;medieval *Saint Arnulf of Metz (582–640) *Saint

Arnoul of Cysoing Arnulf is a masculine German given name. It is composed of the Germanic elements ''arn'' "eagle" and ''ulf'' "wolf". The ''-ulf, -olf'' suffix was an extremely frequent element in Germanic onomastics and from an early time was perceived as a mere ...

(died 720) *Saint Arnulf of Eynesbury (9th century) *

(850–899) * Arnulf I of Bavaria (died 937) (ruled 907–927) * Arnulf I of Flanders (ruled 918–965) * Arnulf II, Count of Boulogne (died 971) * Arnulf, Count of Holland (950-993) * Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (960/961–987) * Arnulf III, Count of Boulogne (died 990) *

Arnulf (bishop of Vic) Arnulf (died 1010) was the bishop of Vic from 993. He was a member of the family of the hereditary viscounts of Ausona, whose chief castle was at Cardona, although they also controlled the upper town of Vic itself. His mother was the viscountess Er ...

(died 1010) * Arnulf II, Archbishop of Milan (died 1018) * Arnulf, Archbishop of Reims (died 1021) * Arnulf III, Count of Flanders (died 1071) *

Arnulf of Milan Arnulf of Milan, or Arnulfus Mediolanensis ( 1018–1077) was a medieval chronicler of events in Northern Italy. He was the great-nephew of Archbishop Arnulf I of Milan. Arnulf was born in the late 10th or early 11th century. He gives eyewitness ...

(fl. 1080s), chronicler *

Arnulf of Soissons Arnold (Arnoul) of Soissons or Arnold or Arnulf of Oudenburg (c. 1040–1087) is a saint of the Catholic Church, the patron saint of hop-pickers, Belgian brewers. Biography Arnold, born in Brabant, the son of a certain Fulbertus was first a c ...

(died 1087), saint * Arnulf III, Archbishop of Milan (died 1097) * Arnulf of Chocques (died 1118), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem * Arnulf of Montgomery (c. 1068 – 1118/1122), Anglo-Norman aristocrat * Ernulf (died 1124), bishop of Rochester, Kent. * Arnulf of Lisieux (died 1184) *

Arnulf of Leuven Arnulf of Leuven (c. 1200–1250) was the abbot of the Cistercian abbey in Villers-la-Ville. After serving in this office for ten years, he abdicated, hoping to pursue a life devoted to study and asceticism. He died within a year. Little else ...

(died 1250), medieval abbot *

Arnolfo di Cambio Arnolfo di Cambio (c. 1240 – 1300/1310) was an Italian architect and sculptor. He designed Florence Cathedral and the sixth city wall around Florence (1284–1333), while his most important surviving work as a sculptor is the tomb of Cardin ...

(c. 1240 – 1300/1310), architect *

Arnoul d'Audrehem Arnoul d'Audrehem (c. 1305 – 1370) was a Marshal of France, who fought in the Hundred Years' War. Biography He was born at Audrehem, in the present arrondissement of Saint-Omer, in the ''département'' of Pas-de-Calais. Nothing is known of h ...

(died 1370) ;modern * Prince Arnulf of Bavaria (1852–1907) * Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968), Norwegian author *

Arnulf Klett Arnulf Klett (8 April 1905 in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire - 14 August 1974 on the Bühlerhöhe/Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg) was a German lawyer and politician. He was the first Lord Mayor of Stuttgart after the Second ...

(1905–1974), German politician * Arnulf Solvoll (born 1908), Norwegian missionary *

Arnulf Abele The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarde ...

(1914–2000), German officer * Arnulf Ueland (1920-2004), American businessman and politician * Arnulf Rainer (born 1929), Austrian painter *

Arnulf Baring Arnulf Martin Baring (8 May 1932 in Dresden – 2 March 2019 in Berlin) was a German lawyer, journalist, political scientist, contemporary historian and author. He was a member of the German-British Baring family of bankers. Life Arnulf Baring wa ...

(born 1932), German author *

Arnulf Bæk Hein Arnulf Bæk (born 16 August 1943) is a retired Norwegian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Trysil. In 1972 he was part of the Norwegian team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played ...

(born 1943), Norwegian handball player * Arnulf von Arnim (born 1947), German pianist *

Arnulf Herrmann Arnulf Herrmann (born in Heidelberg, 12 December 1968) is a German composer. After studying piano with Gernot Sieber at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich he enrolled at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, where he studied c ...

(born 1978)

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*Förstemann, Ernst (1900). ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (3rd ed.). Bonn: P. Hanstein, 118f. Germanic given names {{given name German masculine given names

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