Arundel as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Arundel

What is the meaning of the name Arundel ?

The baby name Arundel is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈærəndəl/ (AIR-ən-dəl); variant /əˈrʌndəl/ (uh-RUN-dəl).

Arundel is English in Origin.

Arundel is an English toponymic name taken from the historic market town in West Sussex. The place-name is commonly read as Arun + dell, “valley of the River Arun,” recorded as Harundel in 1086. It later became a noble title - Earl of Arundel - associated with Arundel Castle and the powerful Howard family (Dukes of Norfolk), which helped turn Arundel into a prominent surname. Medieval spellings were occasionally colored by Norman French arondel “swallow,” but scholars treat this as orthographic influence rather than the true source.

As a given name Arundel is rare but has appeared in Britain and the English-speaking world since the 19th‑century vogue for surnames and place-names as first names. It carries aristocratic, picturesque overtones of river and valley. Variants and related spellings include Arundell and Arundale; the Cornish-Arundell family preserves the double‑l form. Possible nicknames are Ari, Aru, and Dell.

⚙ Arundel is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Arundel appears only 4 times in total — found in 3 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.