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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Swedish : from a short form of any of the many Norse names of which arn ‘eagle’ is the first element, for example Arnbjorn, Arnfinn, and Arnsten.
  • Swiss German : habitational name from Arn near Zürich, or from a house name, Middle High German arn ‘eagle’.
  • Variant spelling of English Arne.

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