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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].
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