Details for the forename Arabella

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Arabella (female)


Variants:	Arabejla (F) Arabel (F)
Pet Name(s):	Bel (F) Bell (F) Bella (F) Belle (F)
Derivative(s):	Arabel (F)
Derivative of:	Annabella (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Chambers Dictionary [2003]
Notes:	English either from Latin "yielding to prayer" [Whyte] or, possibly but (?) less likely, from a spelling variant of Anabella [ONC] or Amabel [Chambers].