Meaning: (Prayerful, Answered Prayer, From "orabilis". Also possibly a variant of Anabella (see Annabel). Popular in England, where it has an upper-class aura. A ship named the Arbella brought a group of Puritan English aristocrats to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630; many socially prominent Boston families are descended from this group. Beautiful Girl, Beauty, Grace)
Origin: (Latin, Italian)
Pronunciation: (Arabella: AIR-a-bell-ah, a-rə-BEH-lə, ah-rə-BEH-lə, Arabelle: AIR-a-bell)
Gender: Female
Arabella is quite popular in literature, operas, movies, names of famous peoples kids, which might be a down fall but I found this list of the various uses. Arabella, main character in "The Female Quixote" by Charlotte Lennox. Arabella Strange (nee Woodhope) , the wife of the title wizard in "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell", by Susanna Clarke. Arabella Doreen Figg, She was the neighbour of Harry Potter and the Dursleys. She was a Squib, and a member of the Order of the Phoenix." Arabella" is a charming book by Georgette Heyer. The sisters name in the "Prince & Me" with Julia Styles was named Arabella. Arabella, a character in the novel "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy. Arabella is an opera in 3 acts by Richard Strauss and a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Arabella is the sister of the title character in the novel "Clarissa" by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. Arabella Bishop is the love interest of the main character in Rafael Sabatini's novel Captain Blood, published in 1922. There were a few film versions--the most famous one, shot in 1935, featured Errol Flynn as Captain Blood and Olivia de Havilland as Arabella. Also Ivanka Trump (Donald Trumps Daughter) named her daughter Arabella Rose.
Arabelle on the other hand I couldn't find too many references to it. They are both lovely and mean the same thing. I like them both a lot.
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