Name profile

Arvid

A name of Old Norse origin.

OriginOld Norse
PronunciationSwedish /ˈar.vɪd/
Usage languagesEstonian, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
US rank (2025)#8,243

Meaning and history

Arvid comes from the Old Norse name Arnviðr, formed from the elements ǫrn, meaning “eagle,” and viðr, meaning “tree.”

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: 6 births, rank #11,037
2009: 7 births, rank #9,864
2010: 5 births, rank #12,231
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: 6 births, rank #10,717
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
20162016: 8 births, rank #8,816
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: 8 births, rank #8,819
2019: 16 births, rank #5,555
2020: 14 births, rank #5,980
20212021: 17 births, rank #5,338
2022: 10 births, rank #7,768
2023: 9 births, rank #8,255
2024: 8 births, rank #8,987
20252025: 9 births, rank #8,243

Arvid moved from #736 to #878 for boys between 1943 and 1946. Its highest annual birth count came in 1916, with 100 births.